9.—(1) An application for express consent shall be made to the local planning authority.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the application shall be made electronically or in hard copy on a form published by the Secretary of State or a form substantially to the same effect.
(3) The applicant shall—
(a)include the particulars specified in the form; and
(b)send with the application (whether electronically or otherwise) a plan which—
(i)is drawn to an identified scale,
(ii)shows the direction of North,
(iii)identifies the location of the site by reference to at least two named roads, and
(iv)identifies the proposed position of the advertisement.
(4) Unless an application is made electronically or the local planning authority indicates that a lesser number is required, three copies of the completed form and the plan shall accompany the application.
(5) Where the application is one to which directions given by the Secretary of State under regulation 11 apply, the applicant shall send with the application (whether electronically or otherwise) such particulars, plans or information specified or referred to in those directions as may have been notified to the applicant by the local planning authority.
(6) An application made on or after 6th April 2007 and before 1st October 2007, may be made in writing on a form devised by the local planning authority.
(7) An application made after 30th September 2007 and before 1st November 2007 otherwise than by a local planning authority or an interested planning authority, may be made in writing on a form devised by the local planning authority.
(8) Where an application is made electronically, the applicant shall be taken to have agreed—
(a)to the use by the authority of electronic communication for the purposes of his application;
(b)that his address for that purpose is the address incorporated into, or otherwise logically associated with, his application; and
(c)that his deemed agreement under this paragraph shall subsist until he gives notice in writing—
(i)withdrawing any address notified to the authority for that purpose, or
(ii)revoking that deemed agreement,
and such withdrawal or revocation shall be final and shall take effect on a date specified by the person in the notice but not less than seven days after the date on which the notice is given.
(9) An application made electronically shall, unless the contrary is proved, be treated as having been delivered at 9 a.m. on the next working day after the day on which it is transmitted.
(10) This regulation applies to applications for renewal of consent as it applies to applications for consent.
(11) An application for the renewal of an express consent may not be made more than 6 months before the date on which the consent is due to expire.