Further information respecting environmental statement
68. The Secretary of State, when dealing with an application referred to in regulation 67(1) which is accompanied by an environmental statement, may in writing require the owner of the agricultural land to provide such further information as he may specify to enable the application for an improvement order to be determined, or concerning any matter which is required to be dealt with in his environmental statement and where in the opinion of the Secretary of State—
(a)the owner of the agricultural land could (having regard in particular to current knowledge and methods of assessment) provide further information about any matter mentioned in paragraph 3 of Schedule 3; and
(b)that further information is reasonably required to give proper consideration to the likely environmental effects of the proposed development,
he shall notify the owner in writing, and the owner shall provide that further information.