# The Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1988, Article 10: Date and notification of inquiry


(1) The date fixed by the Secretary of State for the holding of an inquiry shall be, unless he considers such a date impracticable, not later than—
(a) 22 weeks after the relevant date; or
(b) in a case where a pre-inquiry meeting is held pursuant to rule 5, 8 weeks after the conclusion of that meeting.
(2) Where the Secretary of State considers it impracticable to fix a date in accordance with paragraph (1), the date fixed shall be the earliest date after the end of the relevant period mentioned in that paragraph which he considers to be practicable.
(3) Unless the Secretary of State agrees a lesser period of notice with the applicant and the local planning authority, he shall give not less than 28 days written notice of the date, time and place fixed by him for the holding of an inquiry to every person entitled to appear at the inquiry.
(4) The Secretary of State may vary the date fixed for the holding of an inquiry, whether or not the date as varied is within the relevant period mentioned in paragraph (1); and paragraph (3) shall apply to a variation of a date as it applied to the date originally fixed.
(5) The Secretary of State may also vary the time or place for the holding of an inquiry and shall give such notice of any such variation as appears to him to be reasonable.
(6) The Secretary of State may require the local planning authority to take one or more of the following steps—
(a) to publish not less than 14 days before the date fixed for the holding of an inquiry in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land is situated such notice of the inquiry as he may direct;
(b) to serve within such period as he may specify notice of an inquiry in such form and on such persons or classes of persons as he may specify;
(c) to post within such period as he may specify such notice of an inquiry as he may direct in a conspicuous place near to the land.
(7) Where the land is under the control of the applicant he shall, if so required by the Secretary of State, affix firmly to the land or to some object on or near the land, in such manner as to be readily visible to and legible by members of the public, such notice of the inquiry as the Secretary of State may specify; and he shall not remove the notice, or cause or permit it to be removed, for such period before the inquiry as the Secretary of State may specify.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/944/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-inquiries-procedure-rules-1988/article-10
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