A local planning authority may decline to determine an application for a relevant consent which is
The condition is that a similar application is under consideration by the local planning authority and the determination period for that application has not expired.
The condition is that a similar application is under consideration by the Secretary of State in pursuance of section 12 or on an appeal under section 20 and the Secretary of State has not issued his decision.
The condition is that a similar application—
and the time within which an appeal could be made to the Secretary of State under section 20 has not expired.
If a local planning authority exercise their power under subsection (1)(a) to decline to determine an application made on the same day as a similar application, they may not also exercise that power to decline to determine the similar application.
Relevant consent is—
An application for relevant consent is similar to another application if (and only if) the local planning authority think that the building and works to which the applications relate are the same or substantially the same.
The determination period is—
For the purposes of an application for conservation area consent a reference to a provision of this Act is a reference to that provision as excepted or modified by regulations under section 74.