The Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power Facility Order 2024

Further information and consultation

3.—(1) In relation to any application to which this Schedule applies, the relevant authority may request such reasonable further information from the undertaker as is necessary to enable it to consider the application.

(2) In the event that the relevant authority considers such further information to be necessary and the provision governing or requiring the application does not specify that consultation with a requirement consultee is required the relevant authority must, within 14 working days of receipt of the application, notify the undertaker in writing specifying the further information required.

(3) If the provision governing or requiring the application specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the relevant authority must notify the undertaker in writing specifying any further information requested by the requirement consultee within 15 working days of receipt of such a request and in any event within 35 working days of receipt of the application or such longer period as may be agreed in writing by the undertaker and the relevant authority.

(4) In the event that the relevant authority does not give notification as specified in sub‑paragraph (2) or (3) it is to be deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and is not thereafter entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.

(5) Where further information is requested under this paragraph 3 in relation to part only of an application, that part is to be treated as separate from the remainder of the application for the purposes of calculating time periods in paragraph 2(1)(b), paragraph 2(4) and paragraph 3.

(6) If the provision governing or requiring the application specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required:

(a) A requirement consultee is required to notify the relevant planning authority in writing specifying any further information it considers necessary in order to comment on the application within 10 working days of receipt of the application pursuant to paragraph 2(5);

(b) If a requirement consultee does not give notification as specified in sub-paragraph (a) it is deemed to have sufficient information to comment on the application and is not thereafter entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker and relevant planning authority;

(c) At the same time as providing any further information to the relevant planning authority pursuant to a request under paragraph (2), if the undertaker has been notified of further information requested by a requirement consultee, the undertaker must also give any further information to the requirement consultee;

(d) A requirement consultee is required to notify the relevant planning authority in writing of any comments on the application within 15 working days of receipt of the application from the undertaker pursuant to paragraph 2(5), or the receipt of any further information pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) (where further information has been requested); and

(e) If a requirement consultee does not give notification as specified in sub-paragraph (d) it is deemed to have no comments on the application.