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1

In Article 21 of the 1991 Order (publication of notices of applications) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted—

1

Subject to paragraph (2), where an application for planning permission is made to the Department, the Department—

a

shall publish notice of the application in at least one newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to which the application relates is situated; and

b

shall, where it maintains a website for the purpose of advertisement of applications, publish the notice on that website; and

c

shall not determine the application before the expiration of 14 days from the date on which the notice is first published in a newspaper in pursuance of sub-paragraph (a) or is first published on the website, whichever is the later.

2

In Schedule 1 of the 1991 Order (listed building consent – applications and appeals) for paragraph 2 there shall be substituted—

2

Where an application for listed building consent is made to the Department, it—

a

shall publish notice of the application in at least one newspaper circulating in the locality in which the building to which the application relates is situated; and

b

shall, where it maintains a website for the purpose of advertisement of applications, publish the notice on that website; and

c

shall not determine the application before the expiration of 14 days from the date on which notice of the application is first published in a newspaper in pursuance of sub-paragraph (a) or is first published on the website, whichever is the later.