Article 21 Notice of reference of applications to the Secretary of State or regional planning authority

On referring any application to the Secretary of State under section 32 of the Act or to a regional planning authority under section 179 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^f1, a planning authority shall serve on the applicant notice—

(a)

of the terms of the direction;

(b)

of any reasons given by the Secretary of State or as the case may be such authority;

(c)

that the application has been referred to the Secretary of State or as the case may be such authority; and

(d)

in the case of an application referred to the Secretary of State, that the Secretary of State will, if the applicant so desires, afford to the applicant an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose, and that the decision of the Secretary of State on the application will be final.

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Footnotes

f1: 1973 c. 65; section 179 was substituted by the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43), Schedule 3, paragraph 24 and amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), Schedule 11, paragraph 61.