S.L. 552.13 Art. 6Notification of application and decision, and communications by the Authority.

(1) The Executive Chairperson, upon receipt of any development application submitted under these regulations, and following the assignment of the appropriate planning application number, shall cause the proposal contained in the application together with the name of the applicant to be published on the website of the Department of Information and also advertised by means of a notice affixed on site.

(2) The Executive Chairperson shall be responsible to:

(a) affix the notice on site and the applicant shall be responsible to ensure that the notice remains affixed on site for the period stipulated in the said notice. An administrative fine may be imposed on an applicant for failure to retain the notice affixed on site for the period stipulated in the said notice;

(b) make electronically available to the local councils the list of development applications pertaining to their locality and the local council shall publicize and maintain updated such a list in the manner it deems appropriate.

(3) The Executive Chairperson shall inform the applicant and the that the notice has been affixed on site. perit

(4) In the case of a development application for a development mentioned in Schedule 1, the notice on site shall be in a format established by the Executive Chairperson and shall be placed by the applicant in those areas specified by the Executive Chairperson. The applicant may also be requested to place additional adverts in local newspapers and to hold consultations in relation to such an application and the term for any person to declare an interest in the said application in accordance with the provisions of the Act shall apply for each advert.

(5) In the case of a development application for a development which falls within the remit of the Seveso III Directive [Directive 2012/18/EU] the Executive Chairperson shall upon the assignment of the appropriate planning application number cause the proposal contained in the application together with the name of the applicant to be published on the website of the Department of Information separately from other development applications and in a prominent manner. The applicant may also be requested to place additional advertisements in local newspapers and to hold consultations in relation to such an application and the term for any person to declare an interest in the said application in accordance with the provisions of these regulations shall apply for each advertisement.

(6) Upon the determination of any application submitted under these regulations, the Executive Chairperson shall establish the publication date of the decision which shall not be later than fifteen days from such decision. The proposal together with the name of the applicant and a note as to whether the application has been approved or refused shall be published on the website of the Department of Information.

Prior to the publication date, a non-executable permit or a full development permit or an outline development permit shall be issued. In the case of a non-executable permit, this shall not be republished upon the issuance of the full development permit. The validity of the permit shall run from the publication of the decision.

(7) For the purposes of these regulations and of article 34 of the Act, exchange of all communications, including the submission of a screening request or a development application, and any notification or service of a decision, between the Authority and the the applicant, the external consultees and any other consultee perit, and the registered interested parties shall be made in the following manner:

(a) with the through the Authority’s electronic perit, system;

(b) with the applicant, by electronic means;

(c) with the external consultees and with the other consultees, through the Authority’s electronic system;

(d) with the registered interested parties, by electronic means.