# The Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003, Article 7: Statement of matters and pre-inquiry meetings


(1) An inspector may, within 12 weeks of the starting date, send to the appellant, the local planning authority and any statutory party, a written statement of the matters about which the inspector particularly wishes to be informed for the purposes of consideration of the appeal.
(2) An inspector must hold a pre-inquiry meeting—
(a) if the inspector expects an inquiry to last for 8 days or more, unless the inspector considers it is unnecessary; or
(b) in respect of shorter inquiries, if it appears to the inspector to be necessary.
(3) An inspector must give not less than 2 weeks' written notice of a pre-inquiry meeting to—
(a) the appellant;
(b) the local planning authority;
(c) any statutory party;
(d) any other person known to be entitled to take part in the inquiry; and
(e) any other person whose presence at the meeting appears to the inspector to be desirable.
(4) The inspector—
(a) is to preside at the pre-inquiry meeting;
(b) is to determine the matters to be discussed and the procedure to be followed;
(c) may require any person present at the pre-inquiry meeting who, in the inspector’s opinion, is behaving in a disruptive manner to leave; and
(d) may refuse to permit that person to return or to attend any further pre-inquiry meeting, or may permit that person to return or attend only on such conditions as the inspector may specify.
(5) If the inspector requests any further information from the appellant or the local planning authority at the pre-inquiry meeting, the appellant or the local planning authority, as the case may be, must ensure that 2 copies of it are received by the inspector, and a copy is received by any statutory party, within 4 weeks of the conclusion of the pre-inquiry meeting and the inspector must, as soon as practicable after receipt, send a copy of the further information received from the local planning authority to the appellant and a copy of the further information received from the appellant to the local planning authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1267/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-determination-by-inspectors-inquiries-procedure-wales-rules-2003/article-7
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