38.—(1) Where an application is made to or request is made of the relevant planning authority, a highway authority, a traffic authority, a street authority, or the owner of a watercourse, sewer or drain for any consent, agreement or approval required or contemplated by any of the provisions of the Order (not including the requirements), such consent, agreement or approval to be validly given, must be given in writing and must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(2) Save for applications made pursuant to Schedule 8, if, within eight weeks after the application or request has been submitted to an authority or an owner as referred to in paragraph (1) of this article it has not notified the undertaker of its disapproval and the grounds of disapproval, it is deemed to have approved the application or request.
(3) Schedule 8 is to have effect in relation to all consents, agreements or approvals required from the relevant planning authority.
(4) Where an application is made to or request is made of the consenting body as referred to in paragraph (1) of this article, such application must draw the consenting body’s attention to the procedure set out in paragraph (2) of this article.