Article 9 Further power of inspector to hold pre-inquiry meetings
(1)
Where no pre-inquiry meeting is held pursuant to rule 6, an inspector may hold one if the inspector thinks it necessary.
(2)
An inspector must give not less than 2 weeks’ written notice of a pre-inquiry meeting the inspector proposes to hold under paragraph (1) to—
(a)
the appellant;
(b)
the local planning authority;
(c)
any person known at the date of the notice to be entitled to take part in the inquiry; and
(d)
any other person whose presence at the pre-inquiry meeting appears to the inspector to be desirable.
(3)
Rule 11(6) applies to a pre-inquiry meeting held under this rule.