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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-hearings-procedure-england-rules-2000/article-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Appearances at hearing",
  "text": "(1) The persons entitled to appear at the hearing are—\n(a) the appellant;\n(b) the local planning authority; and\n(c) any statutory party.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prevent the inspector from permitting any other person to appear at a hearing, and such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.\n(3) Any person entitled or permitted to appear may do so on his own behalf or be represented by any other person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1626/article/9",
    "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."
}