When a planning authority provides to the Commission under section 40K a report in relation to an application for an amendment of an LPS to which a request under section 40T(1) relates, the planning authority must also provide to the Commission –

(a) a copy of each representation made under section 41(1) in relation to –

(i) the application for a permit to which the request relates; or

(ii) the decision in relation to the application –

or, if no representations have been made, a statement to that effect; and

(b) a statement of its opinion as to the merit of each representation including, in particular, its views as to the need, in light of that representation, for modification of the planning authority's decision in relation to the application for a permit; and

(c) the recommendations, in respect of the decision in relation to the application for a permit, that the planning authority thinks fit.