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Natural Environment Bill

Natural resource permits - Notification, submissions, and hearings - Notification

147: Public notification of permit application after request for further information or report

You could also call this:

"Telling the public about your permit application if you don't give more information"

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If you apply for a natural resource permit, the permit authority might ask for more information. You must give this information within a certain time or the permit authority will tell the public about your application. The permit authority will also tell the public if you refuse to give the information. If the permit authority wants a report on your application, you must respond within a certain time. If you do not respond or refuse the report, the permit authority will tell the public about your application. This will happen even if there are rules that say the public should not be told. The permit authority must tell the public about your application in these situations, as stated in subsection (2) or (3), which refer to sections 140 and 141. You should be aware that this rule applies even if there are other rules that say otherwise. This is part of the proposed Natural Environment Bill.

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146: Notification requirements if section 145 does not apply, or

"Notifying people about permit applications when the usual rules don't apply"

148: Whether significant adverse effects on natural resources or people, or

"Does an activity harm the environment or people?"

Part 4Natural resource permits
Notification, submissions, and hearings: Notification

147Public notification of permit application after request for further information or report

A permit authority must publicly notify an application for a natural resource permit if—
it has not already decided whether to give public or targeted notification of the application; and
subsection (2) or (3) applies.

This subsection applies if the permit authority requests further information on the application under section 140, but the applicant—
does not provide the information within the time specified in the regulations; or
refuses to provide the information.

This subsection applies if the permit authority notifies the applicant under section 141 that it wants to commission a report, but the applicant—
does not respond within the time specified in the regulations; or
refuses to agree to the commissioning of the report.

This section applies despite any rule in a natural environment plan or national rule that precludes public or targeted notification of the application.