8.—(1) A developer may give the council or, as the case may be, the Department notice in writing under this paragraph that the developer intends to submit an environmental statement.
(2) A notice under paragraph (1) shall include or be accompanied by the information necessary to identify the land and the nature and purpose of the development, and shall indicate the main environmental consequences to which the person giving notice proposes to refer in the environmental statement.
(3) Where the council receives—
(a)such a notice as is mentioned in paragraph (1); or
(b)such a statement as is mentioned in regulation 7(13)(a);
it shall notify—
(i)any other council in the area in which the land to which the proposal relates is situated of the details of the proposed development; and
(ii)such other authorities likely to be concerned by the proposed development by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities,
of the name and address of the developer and of the duty imposed on them by regulation 9(1) to make information available to the developer; and
(iii)inform the developer in writing of the names and addresses of the bodies so notified.
(4) Where the Department receives—
(a)such a notice as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or
(b)such a statement as is mentioned in regulation 7(13)(a)
it shall notify—
(i)the council or councils in the area in which the land to which the proposal relates is situated of the details of the proposed development; and
(ii)such other authorities likely to be concerned by the proposed development by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities,
of the name and address of the developer and of the duty imposed on them by regulation 9(1) to make information available to the developer; and
(iii)inform the developer in writing of the names and addresses of the bodies so notified.