The Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61) makes provision for the nominated undertaker to make requests for planning approval to relevant local authorities. Schedule 6 to that Act provides that the nominated undertaker may appeal to the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Transport in certain circumstances against the decision of such an authority.

These Regulations prescribe the form of notice of appeal (regulation 4).

The Regulations prescribe a form of a questionnaire to be submitted by the authority (regulation 7). They also provide for notice of the appeal to be served on the authority and on relevant third parties (regulations 5 and 6 respectively), and specify time limits for the submission of representations and any supporting documents (regulations 6 to 9). Regulation 10 provides for the determination of the appeal to proceed taking account only of material submitted within the relevant time limit, and also enables determination to proceed in the absence of representations where that time limit has expired.