{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-determination-by-inspectors-inquiries-procedure-rules-1988/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/945",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-determination-by-inspectors-inquiries-procedure-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and—\n“assessor” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State to sit with an inspector at an inquiry or re-opened inquiry to advise the inspector on such matters arising as the Secretary of State may specify;\n“the Commission” means the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England;\n“conservation area consent” means consent required by section 277A(2);\n“development order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 24;\n“document” includes a photograph, map or plan;\n“inquiry” means a local inquiry in relation to which these Rules apply;\n“inspector” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under Schedule 9 to determine an appeal;\n“the land” means the land or building to which an inquiry relates;\n“listed building consent” has the meaning assigned to it by section 55(3A);\n“local authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 290(1);\n“local planning authority” means the body who were responsible for dealing with the application occasioning the appeal;\n“pre-inquiry meeting” means a meeting held before an inquiry to consider what may be done with a view to securing that the inquiry is conducted efficiently and expeditiously;\n“relevant date” means the date of the written notice informing the appellant and the local planning authority that an inquiry is to be held, and“relevant notice” means that notice;\n“the 1974 Rules” means the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Appointed Persons) (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1974;\n“section 29(3) party” means—\n(a) a person whose representations the inspector is required by the application of section 29(3) or by regulations under Part I of Schedule 11 to take into account in determining an appeal; and\n(b) a person whose representations the local planning authority were required by section 29(3) or those regulations to take into account in determining the application occasioning the appeal;\n“statement of case” means a written statement which contains full particulars of the case which a person proposes to put forward at an inquiry and a list of any documents which that person intends to refer to or put in evidence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 277A was inserted by the Town and Country Amenities Act 1974 (c. 32), section 1(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 55(3A) was inserted by the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), Schedule 15, paragraph 6(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1974/420, amended by S.I. 1986/420."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 36(5) and Schedule 9, paragraph 2(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "The relevant regulations are the Town and Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/349), regulations 5 and 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/945/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:06:04.475842+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."
}