27Consent for applications not made by airport‑lessee company

27 Consent for applications not made by airport‑lessee company

(1) If the applicant for a building approval to authorise the carrying out of a building activity on an airport site is not the airport‑lessee company for the airport site, the applicant must give a copy of the application to the airport‑lessee company. (2) Subject to section 28, the airport‑lessee company must: (a) consent to the application; or (b) consent to the application subject to any condition that the company considers appropriate; or (c) refuse to consent to the application. (3) The airport‑lessee company must give written notice of its decision: (a) to the applicant; and (b) to the airport building controller for the airport site; and, if consent is refused, or is granted subject to a condition, the notice must set out the reasons for the decision. (4) The notice must be given before the end of 28 days after the airport‑lessee company receives the application, or, if the applicant has agreed to a longer period, the end of that longer period. (5) Consent is taken to have been refused if, at the end of the period under subsection (4), the airport‑lessee company has not given written notice to the applicant.