Request for further information

(1) If so required by the Director by written notice, an applicant for building permission shall– (a) furnish the Director, within such reasonable time as may be prescribed by notice, with such further information relevant to the application as may be specified in the notice; (b) at his own expense, cause an environmental impact assessment to be made of the proposed development by a suitably experienced person 25 by the Department of the Environment; (c) permit the Authority, to enter upon and inspect the land to which the application relates, provided that if the applicant, at the time of the application does not have an interest in the land to which the application relates as would enable him to permit the Authority to enter upon the land, he shall use his best endeavours to obtain the development permission. (1A) Where an environmental impact assessment is carried out pursuant to sub-section (1)(b), the Director shall refer the application for the comments and advice of– (a) the Department of the Environment; (b) the Department of Transport, in relation to the impact of the proposed building on matters regulated under the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act or regulations made thereunder, especially matters relating to road construction and traffic management. CAP. 230. (1B) Where an application is dealt with by the Authority or a Building Unit, sub-sections (1) and (1A) shall apply to such application as if any reference to the Director was a reference to the Authority or a Building Unit. (1C) Sub-section (2) applies to the Director and to a Building Unit as if the reference to the Authority was a reference to the Director or a Building Unit. (2) The Authority may defer a decision on an application for development permission until it is satisfied on the matters in 26 respect of which further information is or has been required under the provisions of this section.