{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-determination-by-inspectors-inquiries-procedure-rules-1988/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-determination-by-inspectors-inquiries-procedure-rules-1988/article-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Service of statements of case etc.",
  "text": "(1) The local planning authority shall, not later than 6 weeks after the relevant date, serve a statement of case on the Secretary of State, the appellant and any section 29(3) party.\n(2) Where rule 4(2) applies, the local planning authority shall—\n(a) include in their statement of case the terms of—\n(i) any direction given together with a statement of the reasons therefor; and\n(ii) any view expressed or representation made on which they intend to rely in their submissions at the inquiry; and\n(b) within the period mentioned in paragraph (1) supply a copy of their statement to the person or body concerned.\n(3) The appellant shall, not later than 9 weeks after the relevant date, serve a statement of case on the Secretary of State, the local planning authority and any section 29(3) party.\n(4) The Secretary of State may in writing require any other person who has notified him of an intention or a wish to appear at an inquiry to serve a statement of case, within 4 weeks of being so required, on the appellant, the local planning authority, the Secretary of State and any (or any other) section 29(3) party.\n(5) The Secretary of State shall supply any person from whom he requires a statement of case in accordance with paragraph (4) with a copy of the local planning authority’s and the appellant’s statement of case and shall inform that person of the name and address of every person on whom his statement of case is required to be served.\n(6) The Secretary of State may require any person who has served a statement of case in accordance with this rule to provide such further information about the matters contained in the statement as he may specify.\n(7) Any person serving a statement of case on the local planning authority shall serve with it a copy of any document, or of the relevant part of any document, referred to in it.\n(8) The Secretary of State shall transmit any statement of case served on him in accordance with this rule to the inspector.\n(9) The local planning authority shall afford to any person who so requests a reasonable opportunity to inspect and, where practicable, take copies of any statement or document which, or a copy of which, has been served on them in accordance with any of the preceding paragraphs of this rule, and of any statement so served by them together with a copy of any document, or of the relevant part of any document, referred to in it; and shall specify in the statement served in accordance with paragraph (1) the time and place at which the opportunity will be afforded.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/945/article/6",
    "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."
}