{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-hearings-procedure-england-rules-2000/article-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1626",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Hearings Procedure) (England) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-hearings-procedure-england-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Procedure after hearing—non-transferred appeals",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where a hearing has been held for the purposes of a non-transferred appeal.\n(2) After the close of the hearing, the inspector shall make a report in writing to the Secretary of State which shall include his conclusions and his recommendations or his reasons for not making any recommendations.\n(3) When making his determination the Secretary of State may disregard any written representations, evidence or other document received after the hearing has closed.\n(4) If, after the close of the hearing, the Secretary of State—\n(a) differs from the inspector on any matter of fact mentioned in, or appearing to him to be material to, a conclusion reached by the inspector, or\n(b) takes into consideration any new evidence or new matter of fact (not being a matter of government policy),\nand is for that reason disposed to disagree with a recommendation made by the inspector, he shall not come to a decision which is at variance with that recommendation without first notifying the persons entitled to appear at the hearing who appeared at it of his disagreement and the reasons for it; and affording them an opportunity of making written representations to him or (if the Secretary of State has taken into consideration any new evidence or new matter of fact, not being a matter of government policy) of asking for the re-opening of the hearing.\n(5) Those making written representations or requesting the hearing to be re-opened pursuant to paragraph (4), shall ensure that such representations or request are received by the Secretary of State within 3 weeks of the date of the Secretary of State’s notification under that paragraph.\n(6) The Secretary of State may, as he thinks fit, cause a hearing to be re-opened, and he shall do so if asked by the appellant or the local planning authority in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (4) and within the period mentioned in paragraph (5); and where a hearing is re-opened (whether by the same or a different inspector)–\n(a) the Secretary of State shall send to the persons entitled to appear at the hearing who appeared at it a written statement of the matters with respect to which further evidence is invited; and\n(b) paragraphs (2) to (6) of rule 7 shall apply as if the references to a hearing were references to a re-opened hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/455",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Hearings and Inquiries Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Rules 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1626/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:17.784900+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."
}