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Regulation 8 Third party representations

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(1)

If an interested person notified under regulation 5(1) wishes to submit representations to the Secretary of State, he shall do so within 6 weeks of the starting date.

(2)

The Secretary of State shall—

(a)

send to the appellant and the local planning authority, as soon as practicable after receipt, a copy each of all of the representations received from interested parties; and

(b)

specify a period of not less than 2 weeks within which any comments on the representations must be submitted.

(3)

The Secretary of State may disregard comments made by the local planning authority under paragraph (2)(b), where they have failed to notify interested persons in accordance with regulation 5.