The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 No. 3538

SCHEDULE 5 Environmental permits

PART 1 Grant, variation, transfer and surrender of environmental permits

Time limits for determination

15.—(1) If—

(a) the regulator has not determined an application within the relevant period; and

(b) the applicant serves a notice on the regulator which refers to this paragraph,

the application is deemed to have been refused on the day on which the notice is served.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “the relevant period” means a period, calculated in accordance with paragraph 16, of—

(a) in the case of an application to transfer an environmental permit in whole or in part, 2 months;

(b) in a case where paragraph 6 applies, 4 months; or

(c) in any other case, 3 months,

or in any case, a longer period than the period in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), if it is agreed by the regulator and the applicant.