21. Where an applicant for planning permission or subsequent consent has submitted to the relevant planning authority in connection with that application an environmental statement, any other information or further information, and—
(a)the application is referred to the Secretary of State under section 77 M1 of the Act (reference of applications to Secretary of State); or
(b)the applicant appeals under section 78 M2 of the Act (right to appeal against planning decisions and failure to take such decisions),
the applicant must supply the Secretary of State with a copy of the environmental statement and, where relevant, any other information or further information unless, in the case of a referred application, the relevant planning authority has already done so.
Marginal Citations
M1Section 77 has been amended by section 32 of, and paragraph 18 of Schedule 7 to, the 1991 Act; section 196 of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 10 to, the Planning Act 2008; section 121 of, and paragraphs 1 and 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Localism Act 2011; section 30 of, and paragraphs 2 and 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015; and section 150 of, and paragraphs 1 and 20 of Schedule 12 to, the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
M2Section 78 has been amended by section 17 of the 1991 Act; section 43 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004; sections 196 and 197 of, paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 10 to, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 11 to, the Planning Act 2008; sections 121 and 123 of, and paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 12 to, the Localism Act 2011; section 1 of, and paragraphs 1 and 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013; article 3 of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2014/2773; section 30 of, and paragraphs 2 and 12 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015; and section 150 of, and paragraphs 1 and 21 of Schedule 12 to, the Housing and Planning Act 2016.