The phrase "apply for consent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission or approval is being sought, often in legal, administrative, or formal situations.
Example: "Before proceeding with the project, we need to apply for consent from the local authorities."
Alternatives: "request permission" or "seek approval".
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.
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.
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.
Shale gas company Cuadrilla is to apply for planning consent to carry out more test drilling in Lancashire.
It intends to apply for planning consent to hydraulically fracture and test the shale gas at its existing exploration well at Grange Hill.
English Heritage has told Bristol City Council it would be "prudent" to apply for listed building consent for some of its parking signs.
The owner plans to apply for listed building consent to restore the chimney breast and then sell the artwork, which has twice been vandalised.
