(1)Where a local authority determine an application for approval under section 6 or 8, they shall give the applicant a written notification of their decision and, in the case of a decision not to grant approval, shall state their reasons for not doing so.
(2)A person who—
(a)has made such an application to a local authority; or
(b)is interested in a building with respect to which such an application has been made,
may, if he is dissatisfied with the decision of the authority on the application, appeal within twenty-eight days after he is notified of the decision to the Secretary of State; and the Secretary of State may give any approval which the local authority might have given.
(3)An approval given by the Secretary of State under this section shall have the like effect as an approval of the local authority.