Where an application is made to or request is made of the relevant planning authority, a highway authority, a traffic authority, a street authority, or the owner of a watercourse, sewer or drain or the beneficiary of any of the protective provisions contained in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 11 (protective provisions) for any consent, agreement or approval required or contemplated by any of the provisions of the Order (not including the requirements), such consent, agreement or approval to be validly given, must be given in writing and must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Save for applications made pursuant to Schedule 12 (procedure for the discharge of requirements), if, within eight weeks after the application or request has been submitted to an authority, beneficiary of protective provisions or an owner as referred to in paragraph (1) of this article (or such longer period as may be agreed with the undertaker in writing) it has not notified the undertaker of its decision (and if it is a disapproval the grounds of the disapproval), it is deemed to have approved the application or request.

Schedule 12 is to have effect in relation to all consents, agreements or approvals required from the relevant planning authority in respect of discharge of requirements listed in Schedule 2.