PART 2Principal powers

Procedure in relation to approvals etc under RequirementsI14

1

Where an application is made to the relevant planning authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a Requirement, the following provisions apply, as if the Requirement was a condition to which planning permission was subject—

a

sections 78 and 79 of the 1990 Act (right of appeal in relation to planning decisions);

b

any orders, rules or regulations which make provision in relation to a consent, agreement or approval of a relevant planning authority required by a condition imposed on the grant of planning permission.

2

For the purposes of the application of section 262 of the 1990 Act (meaning of “statutory undertaker”) to appeals pursuant to this article, the undertaker is deemed to be a holder of a licence under section 6 of the Electricity Act 198913.