Article 7 Inspector’s power to hold pre-inquiry meetings

An inspector may hold a pre-inquiry meeting where he considers it desirable (whether or not one was held pursuant to rule 5(1)), and shall arrange for written notice of it to be given to the applicant, the local planning authority, any person known at the date of the notice to be entitled to appear at the inquiry and any other person whose presence at the meeting appears to him to be desirable; and rule 5(8) shall apply to a pre-inquiry meeting held in accordance with this rule.