191. Further information

<strong>(1)</strong>     A local authority may request such further information from the applicant as it considers necessary to enable it to make a decision under section 231(3) of the Act and the applicant shall comply with any such request and the local authority shall not make a decision on the application until the applicant has supplied the requested information. <strong>(2)</strong>     A local authority may request such further information from a prescribed body or any person who made a submission or observation in respect of the application as it considers necessary to enable it to make a decision under section 231(3) of the Act. <strong>(3)     </strong>The local authority may, at its discretion, invite any other person to make a submission or observation to it in respect of an application. <strong>(4)     </strong>The local authority may take whatever measures it considers necessary, including the convening of meetings or the taking of oral submissions, to seek the &nbsp;