Notices to owners
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), the applicant is to give notice in the form set out in Schedule 1 to any person (other than the applicant) who at the beginning of the prescribed period is the owner of the building to which the application relates.
(2) The applicant must issue a certificate stating, as appropriate—
(a)that at the beginning of the prescribed period no person (other than the applicant) was the owner of any of the building to which the application relates;
(b)that the applicant has given notice to every person (other than the applicant) who at the beginning of the prescribed period was the owner of the building to which the application relates; or
(c)that the applicant is unable to give notice to every such person.
(3) A certificate issued—
(a)under paragraph (2)(b) or (c) must set out the name of every person to whom notice was given and the address at and date on which such notice was given;
(b)under paragraph (2)(c) must certify that the applicant has taken reasonable steps (specifying them) to ascertain the names and addresses of those persons to whom the applicant has been unable to give notice.
(4) This regulation does not apply to an application relating to Crown land.
(5) In this regulation “prescribed period” means the period of 21 days ending with the date of the application.