8.—(1) Where an application is made to the relevant planning authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a requirement, the following provisions apply, so far as they relate to a consent, agreement or approval of a relevant planning authority required by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission, as if the requirement was a condition imposed on the grant of planning permission—
(a)sections 78 (right of appeal in relation to planning decisions) and 79 (determination of appeals) of the 1990 Act (1);
(b)any orders, rules or regulations which make provision in relation to a consent, agreement or approval of a relevant planning authority required by a condition imposed on the grant of planning permission.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a provision relates to a consent, agreement or approval of a relevant planning authority required by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission in so far as it makes provision in relation to an application for such a consent, agreement or approval, or the grant or refusal of such an application, or a failure to give notice of a decision on such an application.
Section 78 was amended by section 17(2) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34); section 43(2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5); paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 10, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 11, to the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29); section 123(1) and (3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 12 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20); and paragraphs 1 and 8 of Schedule 1 to the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27). Section 79 is amended by section 18 of, and paragraph 19 of Schedule 7 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34); and paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 10 to the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29).