The phrase "applied for consent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of formally requesting permission or approval for something.
Example: "The organization applied for consent to conduct the research study involving human participants."
Alternatives: "sought permission" or "requested approval".
In 2011, Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited applied for consent under the Electricity Act 1989 to construct an electricity generating station and offshore wind turbines off Aberdeenshire.
Overturning Pickles' decision in the judicial review, Mr Justice Ouseley found the council's plans for the development had changed significantly after it had applied for consent, but that it had not informed the minister of the changes, and so his decision could not stand.
The couple also discovered that the barn originally had a pair of "roundels" (those circular brick hop kilns, common to this part of the world), and have since applied for consent to rebuild them, thereby providing the space for two extra bedrooms.
The case, set for a day's hearing at the supreme court, focuses on the correct interpretation of the Electricity Act 1989 – specifically who is eligible "to apply for consent to construct a generating station".
Cuadrilla said it intended to apply for consent to drill and frack at up to six new sites in addition to an existing one on the Fylde and to apply for planning permission for a further three test wells.
Cuadrilla also hopes with its partner Centrica to apply for consent to test drill at up to six new Fylde sites.
Tim Yeo, Conservative chairman of the Commons energy and climate change committee, told the BBC last week: "Compelling people who've applied for planning consent to make some alteration in their home to go down this route isn't necessarily going to help".
US investment firm RiverOak wants to re-establish the site as an airport, and has applied for a Development Consent Order (DCO) on the basis that the airport is "a project of national significance".
In August last year, UK Methane announced that it was about to apply for planning consent to commence test-drilling for gas in another unlikely location: a patch of local land next to a roundabout on the Bristol ring-road.
Davis's announcement came just hours after the Guardian posed a series of fresh questions to him about the overlap between his planning committee role and the hospitality, and meetings he had with property companies and their agents involved in applying for planning consent.
Shale gas company Cuadrilla is to apply for planning consent to carry out more test drilling in Lancashire.
