PART 2Principal powers

Procedure in relation to approvals etc under Requirements4.

(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.