Part 6

Deciding applications for orders granting development consent
Chapter 4

Examination of applications under Chapter 2 or 3

Examining authority to control examination of application
87
1
It is for the Examining authority to decide how to examine the application.
2
The Examining authority, in making any decision about how the application is to be examined, must—
a
comply with—
i
the following provisions of this Chapter, and
ii
any rules made under section 97, and
b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
The Examining authority may in examining the application disregard representations if the Examining authority considers that the representations—
a
are vexatious or frivolous,
b
relate to the merits of policy set out in a national policy statement, or
c
relate to compensation for compulsory acquisition of land or of an interest in or right over land.
S. 87 in force at 1.3.2010 by S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(d) (with art. 6)
S. 87(2)(b) repealed (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 38, Sch. 25 Pt. 20; S.I. 2012/628, art. 7