Regulation 8 Notice of public hearing
Where a hearing is to be held in accordance with the provisions of this Part of these Regulations the authority shall forthwith give notice in writing to any person by whom objection has been made informing him that, if within such period, not being less than 14 days, as is specified in the notice, he intimates that he so desires, an opportunity will be afforded him of being heard in support of his objection.
If any objector given such notice intimates his desire to be heard the authority shall notify him in writing of the arrangements for the hearing not less than 21 days before the date on which the hearing is to take place and, where the hearing is to take place before the council or a committee or sub-committee thereof, the notice of any meeting of the said council, committee or sub-committee at which an objection is to be heard in pursuance of this regulation shall specify the hearing as an item of business.
Where a hearing is to take place before an independent person in accordance with the provisions of this Part of the Regulations the authority shall, in addition, not less than 21 days before the date on which the hearing is due to begin—
publish once at least in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which any road or other place to which the order relates is situated a notice of the hearing containing the particulars specified in Part II of Schedule 1;
publish a similar notice in the Edinburgh Gazette; and
comply with the relevant requirements of Schedules 2 and 3 as to the display of notices in each road or other place to which the order relates and as to the availability of documents for inspection.