[F17(1)Any person who is the owner of any land, or of any interest in any mineral, comprised in—E+W
(a)an active Phase I site included in the first list; or
(b)an active Phase II site included in the second list,
may apply to the mineral planning authority for the postponement of the date specified in that list in respect of that site as the date by which an application is to be made to the authority under paragraph 9 below (in this paragraph referred to as “the specified date”).
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, an application under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be made no later than the day upon which expires the period of three months from the day when—
(a)in the case of an active Phase I site, the first list; or
(b)in the case of an active Phase II site, the second list,
was first advertised in accordance with paragraph 5 above.
(3)In the case of—
(a)an active Phase I site—
(i)added to the first list in accordance with paragraph 6(4)(a) above; or
(ii)in respect of which the entry in the first list was amended in accordance with paragraph 6(4)(b) above;
or
(b)an active Phase II site—
(i)added to the second list in accordance with paragraph 6(7)(a) above; or
(ii)in respect of which the entry in the second list was amended in accordance with paragraph 6(7)(b) above,
an application under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be made no later than the day upon which expires the period of three months from the day on which notice was given under paragraph 6(10) above of the mineral planning authority’s decision to add the site to or, as the case may be, so to amend the list in question.
(4)An application under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be in writing and shall—
(a)set out the conditions to which each relevant planning permission relating to the site is subject;
(b)set out the applicant’s reasons for considering those conditions to be satisfactory;
(c)set out the date which the applicant wishes to be substituted for the specified date; and
(d)be accompanied by the appropriate certificate (within the meaning of sub-paragraph (5) F2. . . below).
(5)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) above, F3. . . the appropriate certificate is such a certificate—
(a)as would be required, under section 65 of the 1990 Act (notice etc. of applications for planning permission) and any provision of a development order made by virtue of that section, to accompany the application if it were an application for planning permission for minerals development, but
(b)with such modifications as are required for the purposes of this paragraph,
and section 65(6) of that Act (offences) shall also have effect in relation to any certificate purporting to be the appropriate certificate.
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(7)Where the mineral planning authority receive an application made under sub-paragraph (1) above—
(a)if they consider the conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(a) above to be satisfactory they shall agree to the specified date being postponed in which event they shall determine the date to be substituted for that date;
(b)in any other case they shall refuse the application.
(8)Where the mineral planning authority agree to the specified date being postponed they shall cause the first or, as the case may be, the second list to be amended accordingly.
(9)When a mineral planning authority determine an application made under sub-paragraph (1) above, they shall notify the applicant in writing of their decision and, in a case where they have agreed to the postponement of the specified date, shall notify the applicant of the date which they have determined should be substituted for the specified date.
(10)Where, within three months of the mineral planning authority having received an application under sub-paragraph (1) above, or within such extended period as may at any time be agreed upon in writing between the applicant and the authority, the authority have not given notice, under sub-paragraph (9) above, to the applicant of their decision upon the application, the authority shall be treated as—
(a)having agreed to the specified date being postponed; and
(b)having determined that the date referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(c) above be substituted for the specified date,
and sub-paragraph (8) above shall apply accordingly.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 13 repealed (S.) (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with s. 5, Sch. 3)
F2Words in Sch. 13 para. 7(4)(d) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. III (with s. 5, Sch. 3)
F3Words in Sch. 13 para. 7(5) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. III (with s. 5, Sch. 3)
F4Sch. 13 para. 7(6) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. III (with s. 5, Sch. 3)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 wholly in force at 1.1.1997; Sch. 13 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 125(3); Sch. 13 in force for E.W. at 1.11.1995 by S.I. 1995/2765, art. 2; Sch. 13 in force for S. at 1.1.1997 by S.I. 1996/2857, art. 2