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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-determination-by-inspectors-inquiries-procedure-england-rules-2000/article-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1625",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-determination-by-inspectors-inquiries-procedure-england-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Statement of common ground",
  "text": "(1) The local planning authority and the appellant shall—\n(a) together prepare an agreed statement of common ground; and\n(b) ensure that the Secretary of State and any statutory party receives a copy of it, not less than 4 weeks before the date fixed for the holding of the inquiry.\n(2) The local planning authority shall afford to any person, who so requests, a reasonable opportunity to inspect and, where practicable, take copies of the statement of common ground sent to the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/455",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Hearings and Inquiries Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Rules 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2137",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Hearings and Inquiries Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Rules 2013"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1625/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:18.401712+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."
}