Regulation 23 Notification of decisionI1
England and Wales
The Welsh Ministers must, as soon as practicable, notify their decision on an application or variation application, and their reasons for it, in writing to—
the applicant;
all persons entitled to appear who did appear; and
any other person who, having appeared at the inquiry, has asked to be notified of the decision.
Notification in writing of a decision and reasons are taken to have been given to a person for the purposes of this regulation where—
the Welsh Ministers and the person have agreed that decisions and reasons required under this regulation to be given in writing may instead be accessed by that person via a website;
the decision and reasons are a decision and reasons to which that agreement applies;
the Welsh Ministers have published the decision and reasons on a website; and
the person is notified, in the manner for the time being agreed between that person and the Welsh Ministers, of—
the publication of the decision and reasons on a website;
the address of the website; and
where on the website the decision and reasons may be accessed, and how they may be accessed.
Where a copy of the lead inspector's report is not sent with the notification of the decision, the notification must be accompanied by a statement of the lead inspector's conclusions and of any recommendations made by the lead inspector, and if a person entitled to be notified of the decision has not received a copy of that report, that person must be supplied with a copy of it on written application to the Welsh Ministers.
In this regulation “report” includes any assessor's report appended to an inspector's report and an additional inspector's report appended to the lead inspector's report but does not include any other documents so appended; but any person who has received a copy of the report may apply to the Welsh Ministers in writing, within six weeks of the date of the Welsh Ministers' decision, for an opportunity of inspecting any such documents and the Welsh Ministers must afford that person that opportunity.
Any person applying to the Welsh Ministers under paragraph (3) must ensure that their application is received by the Welsh Ministers within four weeks of the Welsh Ministers' decision.