The Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011

Publicising the application

6.—(1) The appropriate authority must publish a notice of the application, which must include the matters prescribed by paragraph (2)—

(a) for at least two successive weeks in one or more local newspapers circulating in the vicinity in which the land is situated; and

(b) in any other publication the appropriate authority considers necessary in order to ensure that notice of the application is given in the vicinity of the land.

(2) The matters which the notice must include are—

(a) the name and address of the applicant;

(b) a statement that the applicant has made an application to the appropriate authority for a change, which is not material, to be made to a development consent order;

(c) a summary of the main elements of the application;

(d) a statement that any documents, plans and maps showing the nature and location of the land, which were submitted with the application, are available for inspection on the appropriate authority website or can be obtained from the appropriate authority at the times set out in the notice;

(e) a statement as to whether a charge will be made for copies of any of the documents and, if so, the amount of any charge;

(f) the latest date on which those documents, plans and maps will be available for inspection (being a date not earlier than the deadline in sub-paragraph (h);

(g) details of how to respond to the publicity; and

(h) a deadline for receipt of those responses by the appropriate authority, being not less than 28 days following the date when the notice is last published.