7.—(1) Before making an application for hazardous substances consent to the planning authority, the applicant shall, during the 21 day period immediately preceding the application publish in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to which the application relates is situated a notice of the application in the form set out in Form 8.
(2) The notice required by paragraph (1) shall invite representations on the application to be made to the planning authority within 21 days of the publication of the notice.
(3) An application for hazardous substances consent shall not be entertained by the planning authority unless it is accompanied by a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (1), certified by, or on behalf of, the applicant as having been published in a newspaper in accordance with paragraph (1) and specifying the name of the newspaper and the date of its publication.