Two or more applicants
14.—(1) Where the council has received from any person a duly made application under paragraph 7(1) or 9—
(a)that person may not make any further application under the paragraph in question in respect of the same site; and
(b)if the application has been determined, whether or not in the case of an application under paragraph 9 it has been finally determined, no other person may make an application under the paragraph in question in respect of the same site.
(2) Where—
(a)the council has received from any person in respect of a mineral site a duly made application under paragraph 7(1) or 9; and
(b)the council receives from another person a duly made application under the paragraph in question in respect of the same site,
then for the purpose of the determination of the applications and any appeal against such a determination, this Schedule shall have effect as if the applications were a single application received by the council on the date on which the later application was received by the council and references to the applicant shall be read as references to either or any of the applicants.