Regulation 13 Notice of the hearing or inquiry

(1)

As soon as possible after the decision to hold a hearing or inquiry, AP must—

(a)

publish notice of the hearing or inquiry in accordance with paragraph (2); and

(b)

give notice of the hearing or inquiry to the persons specified in paragraph (3).

(2)

The notice must be published—

(a)

in one or more local or regional newspapers circulating in the area to which the relevant report relates;

(b)

on AP’s website; and

(c)

in any other manner that AP thinks appropriate for drawing the attention of members of the public to the notice.

(3)

The notice must be given to—

(a)

Natural England;

(b)

the access authority for the area in which relevant land is situated;

(c)

the person or persons who made the objection;

(d)

any other person with a relevant interest in relevant land; and

(e)

any person who has made representations relevant to—

(i)

the objection,

(ii)

a modification of the proposals proposed by the objection, or

(iii)

a relevant alternative modification contained in Natural England’s comments on the objection.

(4)

The notice of the hearing or inquiry must—

(a)

specify its date of issue;

(b)

state that AP intends to determine the objection by way of a hearing or inquiry;

(c)

state the date, time and place of the hearing or inquiry;

(d)

give details of the place and times at which documents relating to the hearing or inquiry may be available for inspection; and

(e)

give a brief description of—

(i)

the relevant report,

(ii)

the relevant land, and

(iii)

the objection.

(5)

The date fixed for the hearing or inquiry must be not less than six weeks after the date of first publication of the notice of hearing or inquiry on AP’s website.

(6)

Subject to paragraph (5), AP may change the date, time or place of the hearing or inquiry, provided that AP gives reasonable notice of the change to those persons to whom notice of the hearing or inquiry was originally given under paragraph (3).

(7)

AP is not required to give notice of an adjourned hearing or inquiry if the date, time and place of the adjourned hearing or inquiry are announced at the hearing or inquiry before its adjournment.

(8)

In this regulation “the relevant report” means the report to which the objection relates.