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Planning consents - Notification, submissions, and hearings - Notification

123: Time limit for public notification or targeted notification

You could also call this:

"How long the council has to decide who to tell about your planning application"

If you apply for a planning consent, the consent authority has 20 working days to decide whether to tell the public or just some people about your application. They must follow sections 124 and 125 to make this decision. If they decide to notify people, they will tell you, the applicant, about their decision.

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122: Consequences of applicant’s failure to respond to requests, etc, or

"What happens if you don't respond to requests when applying for planning consent?"

124: Mandatory public notification in some circumstances, or

"When to Tell the Public About Planning Applications"

Part 4Planning consents
Notification, submissions, and hearings: Notification

123Time limit for public notification or targeted notification

A consent authority must, within 20 working days after the application is first lodged,—
decide whether to give public or targeted notification of an application for a planning consent in accordance with sections 124 and 125; and
notify the applicant if it decides to do so.