ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 538 Appeals may be heard with planning appeals

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 538

538 Appeals may be heard with planning appeals

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person appeals against an administering authority’s decision (whether an original or review decision) about an application for an environmental authority for a prescribed ERA; and

(b) a person appeals against the assessment manager’s decision under the Planning Act about a planning or development matter for the premises to which the application for the authority relates.

(2) The Court may order—

(a) the appeals to be heard together or 1 immediately after the other; or

(b) 1 appeal to be stayed until the other has been decided.

(3) This section applies even though the parties, or all of the parties, to the appeals are not the same.