{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-written-representations-procedure-regulations-1987/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-written-representations-procedure-regulations-1987/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/701",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Written Representations Procedure) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-appeals-written-representations-procedure-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Notification of receipt of appeal",
  "text": "The Secretary of State shall forthwith upon receipt of the notice of appeal advise the appellant and the local planning authority of—\n(a) the date of receipt (“the starting date”);\n(b) the reference number allocated to the appeal; and\n(c) the address to which written communications to the Secretary of State about the appeal are to be sent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/701/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:28:00.952780+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."
}