5.—(1) Where a relevant body(1) submits an area application to the local planning authority it must include—
(a)a map which identifies the area to which the area application relates;
(b)a statement explaining why this area is considered appropriate to be designated as a neighbourhood area; and
(c)a statement that the organisation or body making the area application is a relevant body for the purposes of section 61G of the 1990 Act.
(2) A local planning authority may decline to consider an area application if the relevant body has already made an area application and a decision has not yet been made on that application.
For the definition of “relevant body” see section 61G(2) of the 1990 Act (inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20).