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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-plan-england-regulations-1999/regulation-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3280",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Development Plan) (England) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-plan-england-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Local inquiry or other hearing",
  "text": "(1) A local planning authority shall, at least six weeks before the opening of any local inquiry or other hearing which they cause to be held to consider objections to a plan or proposals to which regulation 22 refers–\n(a) give any person who has objected to, or made a representation in respect of, the plan or proposals in accordance with these Regulations and not withdrawn the objection or representation, notice of the time and place at which the inquiry or other hearing is to be held, the name of the person appointed to hold it, and its purpose; and\n(b) in the case of a local inquiry, give notice of that information by local advertisement.\n(2) A local planning authority shall, within eight weeks of receiving the report of the person holding an inquiry or other hearing to which this regulation applies, make that report available for inspection at those places at which the proposals were made available under regulation 22(1)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (transtl provn)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/2205",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Transitional Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3280/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:44.965851+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."
}