{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014/regulation-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014/regulation-34.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3038",
  "legislation_title": "The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/34",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Changes of procedure",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where notice has been given under regulation 28 that a public inquiry or (where the Planning Inspectorate is the determining authority) a hearing is to be held in relation to the application or proposal.\n(2) Where a registration authority is the determining authority it may, subject to paragraph (3), decide at any time before the start of a public inquiry to cancel the inquiry and determine the application without holding an inquiry.\n(3) The registration authority must consult the applicant before deciding to cancel a public inquiry in relation to an application.\n(4) Where the Planning Inspectorate is the determining authority it may, subject to paragraph (5), decide at any time before the start of a public inquiry or hearing—\n(a) to cancel the inquiry or hearing and determine the application without holding an inquiry or hearing; or\n(b) to hold a hearing instead of an inquiry, or vice versa.\n(5) The Planning Inspectorate must consult—\n(a) the applicant, before deciding to change the procedure for determining an application; or\n(b) the referring authority, before deciding to change the procedure for determining a proposal.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 34 in force at 15.12.2014, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3038/regulation/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:56:25.671551+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}