2.—(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the undertaker shall submit to the drainage authority plans of the specified work and such further particulars available to it as the drainage authority may within 28 days of the submission of the plans reasonably require.E+W
(2) Any such specified work shall not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the drainage authority, or determined under paragraph 11.
(3) Any approval of the drainage authority required under this paragraph—
(a)shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
(b)shall be deemed to have been given if it is neither given nor refused within 2 months of the submission of the plans for approval and, in the case of a refusal, accompanied by a statement of the grounds of refusal; and
(c)may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the drainage authority may make for the protection of any drainage work or the fishery or for the protection of water resources for the prevention of pollution or in the discharge of its environmental duties.
(4) The drainage authority shall use its reasonable endeavours to respond to the submission of any plans before the expiration of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(b).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 2 in force at 28.11.2014, see art. 1