{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/schedule-20/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/schedule-20/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/20/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Local inquiry, hearing or written representations",
  "text": "(1) An inspector may hold a local inquiry or a hearing in connection with an appeal if a determination under section 366 provides for the appeal to be considered in that way.\n(2) The costs of the local inquiry or hearing are to be met by the Welsh Ministers; but this is subject to section 372.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers or an inspector may appoint an assessor to advise the inspector on any matters that arise—\n(a) at a local inquiry or hearing held by the inspector in connection with an appeal or in consequence of such an inquiry or hearing, or\n(b) in written representations made to the inspector in connection with an appeal or in consequence of such representations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 20 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/schedule/20/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+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."
}