The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing Development Consent Order 2020

Consents, agreements and approvals E+W+S

66.—(1) Where any application is made to a relevant authority, the consent, agreement or approval concerned must, if given, be given in writing and is not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

(2) If a relevant authority which has received an application fails to notify the undertaker of its decision before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the application was received, the relevant authority is deemed to have given its consent, agreement or approval, as the case may be.

(3) Any application to which this article applies must include a written statement that the provisions of paragraph (2) apply to that application.

(4) In this article—

“application” means an application or request for any consent, agreement or approval required or contemplated by articles 10 (street works), 12 (construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted streets and other structures), 15 (temporary stopping up and restriction of use of streets), 16 (access to works), 20 (discharge of water) and 22 (authority to survey and investigate land); and

“relevant authority” means the authority or other person by whom the application is to be determined.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 66 in force at 15.10.2020, see art. 1