{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-enforcement-inquiries-procedure-england-rules-2002/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2686",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-enforcement-inquiries-procedure-england-rules-2002",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Statement of common ground",
  "text": "(1) The local planning authority and the appellant shall together prepare an agreed statement of common ground and shall send it to—\n(a) the Secretary of State; and\n(b) in the case of an enforcement appeal, any person on whom a copy of the enforcement notice has been served,\nnot less than 4 weeks before the date fixed for the holding of the inquiry.\n(2) The local planning authority shall give any person who asks, a reasonable opportunity to inspect, and where practicable, take copies of the statement of common ground sent to the Secretary of State.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2686/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:41:57.279169+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."
}