The National Grid (Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement Project) Development Consent Order 2024

Applications made under requirements

1.—(1) Where an application has been made to a relevant authority for any consent, agreement or approval required under Schedule 3 (requirements), the relevant authority must give notice to the undertaker of its decision on the application within a period of 35 days beginning with—

(a) where no further information is requested under paragraph 1(2), the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the authority;

(b) where further information is requested under paragraph 1(2), the day immediately following that on which further information has been supplied by the undertaker; or

(c) such longer period as may be agreed in writing by the undertaker and the relevant authority.

(2) Where an application has been made under paragraph 1(1) the relevant authority may request such reasonable further information from the undertaker as it considers is necessary to enable it to consider the application.

(3) If the relevant authority considers further information is necessary and the Requirement does not specify that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the relevant authority must, within 7 business days of receipt of the application, notify the undertaker in writing specifying the further information required.

(4) If the Requirement specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the relevant authority must issue the consultation to the requirement consultee within 3 business days of receipt of the application and must notify the undertaker in writing specifying any further information requested by the requirement consultee within 3 business days of receipt of such a request and in any event within 21 business days of receipt of the application.

(5) If the relevant authority does not give the notification mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) or (4) it is deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and is not thereafter entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.