7.—(1) An application for consent for a relevant project shall be made to the Department on a form supplied by the Department.
(2) An application shall include the environmental statement and any other information provided in accordance with regulation 6.
(3) The applicant shall provide to the Department such number of copies of the application as it may reasonably require.
(4) After the Department has received an application and copies thereof in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (3), it shall send a copy of the application to the consultation bodies and inform them that they may make representations within twenty-eight days from the date of receipt of that copy.