Regulation 14 Publicity for hearing or local inquiryI1
England and Wales
This regulation applies where the examining authority determine that an application is to be examined by way of hearing or local inquiry.
The applicant must publish in a notice in a newspaper circulating in the locality of the land to which the application relates—
a description of the application,
a description of the location of the land,
the date and time of the hearing or local inquiry,
the place of the hearing or local inquiry,
details of any arrangements for broadcasting the hearing or local inquiry,
the topics to be examined at the hearing or local inquiry,
details of a place in the locality where the application and initial written representations can be inspected at all reasonable hours, and
the address of the website where the application and initial written representations can be found.
The applicant must comply with paragraph (2) no later than 4 weeks before the first day of the hearing or local inquiry.
The applicant must display a notice containing the information in paragraph (2) in a conspicuous place on or near the land to which the application relates, for at least 4 weeks before the first day of the hearing or local inquiry.
If the application relates to linear development in Wales that is more than 5km in length, the notice referred to in paragraph (4) must be displayed at intervals of not more than 5km unless it is impracticable to do so.
Where a notice referred to in paragraph (4) is, without the fault of the applicant, removed, obscured or defaced before the end of the 4 weeks, the applicant is treated as having complied with that paragraph if it has taken reasonable steps for the protection of the notice, and, if necessary, its replacement.
The applicant must as soon as reasonably practicable—
send a copy of the notice published under paragraph (2) to the examining authority, and
confirm to the examining authority that it has displayed the notice required by paragraph (4) and provide a photograph of that notice in place.
If the application relates to development in the Welsh marine area, references in this regulation to the land to which the application relates are to be read as references to the land in Wales nearest the development to which the application relates.