5.—(1) A person interested in any access land who wishes to apply for a direction excluding or restricting access under section 24(1) of the Act (land management) or section 25(3) of the Act (avoidance of risk of fire or of danger to the public) must apply to the relevant authority in writing.
(2) An application under paragraph (1) must include:
(a)the name, address and postcode of the applicant;
(b)if the application is made through an agent, the name address and postcode of that agent;
(c)a statement of the nature of the applicant’s interest in the land (including, if that interest consists of a right of common or similar right over land, a description of the extent of that right);
(d)a statement of whether the application is being made under section 24(1) of the Act or, alternatively, under section 25(3) of the Act;
(e)a description (whether by map or otherwise) of the location and extent of the land which is detailed enough to enable the relevant authority to identify the land;
(f)details of the nature and purpose of the exclusion or restriction;
(g)the specified period during which the applicant proposes that the exclusion or restriction is to operate; and
(h)the reasons, if any, why the purposes for which the direction is sought cannot be achieved by exercise of the applicant’s right, if any, to exclude or restrict access to the land under section 22 of the Act.
(3) An applicant must, within such reasonable time as the relevant authority may require, supply such further information in relation to the application as the relevant authority may reasonably require by notice in writing to the applicant.