reg 14 Provision of further information
(1) Where the appropriate authority reasonably considers that— (a) it requires relevant further information, and (b) the applicant is (or should be) able to provide such information, the appropriate authority must notify the applicant in writing of the matters on which it requires further information. (1A) In paragraph (1), “relevant further information” means— (a) further information properly to consider the likely significant environmental effects of the project which gives rise to the regulated activity covered by the application; or (b) where— (i) the applicant has submitted an environmental statement, or (ii) a scoping opinion has been given in accordance with regulation 13 and Schedule 4, further information which is directly relevant to reaching a conclusion about the significant effects of the project described in the environmental statement. (2) Neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, until any further information required in accordance with paragraph (1) has been provided to the appropriate authority and to the regulator (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority). (3) Where an applicant has failed to provide any information required in accordance with paragraph (1) within such reasonable period as the appropriate authority has specified, or such longer period as the appropriate authority may reasonably allow— (a) the regulator may treat the application as having been withdrawn; and (b) the appropriate authority (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority) may direct the regulator to do so.