Explanatory note

These Rules amend the Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/1624), the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/1625) and the Town and Country Planning (Hearing Procedure) (England) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/1626) (together “the 2000 Rules”) so that the 2000 Rules apply to advertisement appeals which are to be dealt with by an inquiry or a hearing in England.

Rules 2, 3 and 4 amend the Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000 so that they explicitly apply to advertisement appeals, and rule 4(c) also removes a now redundant reference to conservation area consent.

Rule 5 amends the Town and Country Planning (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries and Procedure) (England) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/1625) so that they apply to advertisement appeals and inserts a new rule 24A into those Rules so that the changes made to these Rules by S.I. 2013/2137 do not apply in the case of advertisement appeals, and rule 6 makes equivalent amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Hearings Procedure) (England) Rules 2000.

Rule 7 revokes, in England—

rule 21 of the Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1992;

the Town and Country Planning (Various Inquiries) (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1986 in so far as they are still in force;

the Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2002, in so far as they are still in force; and

the Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2005,

and other instruments which amend those instruments, to the extent specified in the Schedule. Rule 7 also makes transitional and saving provision.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.