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11.—(1) Where the Secretary of State receives a Crown development application, the Secretary of State must consider whether the development which is the subject of the application is of national importance, and whether the application is complete.
(2) An application is complete if it complies with the requirements of articles 4, 5 or 6, as the case may be, and also includes—
(a)where the application is an application for planning permission, the certificate required by article 10,
(b)in a case to which article 7 applies, the design and access statement referred to in that article,
(c)in a case to which article 8 applies, the fire statement referred to in that article,
(d)subject to paragraph (3), the particulars or evidence which would be required by the relevant local planning authority under section 62(3) of the 1990 Act(1) had the application been made to that authority, and
(e)the fee required in respect of the application.
(3) Paragraph (2)(d) only applies if—
(a)before the application is made to the Secretary of State, the relevant local planning authority publishes or republishes for the purposes of article 34(4) and (5) of the 2015 Order, a list of requirements on a website,
(b)the particulars or evidence that the authority require to be included in the application fall within that list, and
(c)the list mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) was published (or republished) during the 2 year period immediately before the date on which the application was made.
(4) The Secretary of State must notify the applicant in writing, as soon as reasonably practicable, whether the development that is the subject of the application is considered to be of national importance and whether the application is complete.
Section 62 was substituted by section 42(1) of the 2004 Act.
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