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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-plan-regulations-1991/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2794",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Development Plan) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-plan-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Consideration of objections without a local inquiry or other hearing or examination in public",
  "text": "(1) Where objections have been made to statutory plan proposals in accordance with these regulations and not withdrawn and the local planning authority do not cause a local inquiry or other hearing or examination in public to be held, the authority shall prepare a statement of their decisions as respects all the objections and their reasons for each decision.\n(2) Paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) of regulation 16 shall apply where a statement is prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) as they apply where a statement is prepared pursuant to regulation 16(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2794/regulation/17",
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  },
  "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."
}