Planning permission in principle

11.  Where–

(a) an application for outline planning permission is made before 3rd August 2009; and

(b) no notice of the decision of the planning authority on the application is given to the applicant before that date,

the application shall for the purposes of section 59 (planning permission in principle) of the Act (as substituted by section 21 of the 2006 Act) be treated as an application for planning permission in principle.