# The Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1992, Article 6: Service of statements of case etc.


(1) Subject to paragraph (4), the local planning authority shall, not later than—
(a) 6 weeks after the relevant date, or
(b) where a pre-inquiry meeting is held pursuant to rule 5, 4 weeks after the conclusion of that meeting,
serve a statement of case on the Secretary of State, the applicant and any statutory party.
(2) Where rule 4(2) applies, the local planning authority shall, unless they have already done so in an outline statement, include in their statement of case the matters mentioned in rule 5(5)(a) and shall supply a copy of the statement to the person or body concerned.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the applicant shall, not later than—
(a) in the case of a referred application where no pre-inquiry meeting is held pursuant to rule 5, 6 weeks after the relevant date, or
(b) in the case of an appeal where no such meeting is held, 9 weeks after the relevant date, or
(c) in any case where a pre-inquiry meeting is held pursuant to rule 5, 4 weeks after the conclusion of that meeting,
serve a statement of case on the Secretary of State, the local planning authority and any statutory party.
(4) The statement of case mentioned in paragraph (1) or, as the case may be, paragraph (3) shall be served no later than the day which is 4 weeks before the date fixed for the holding of the inquiry, where that day falls within whichever of the periods mentioned in either of those paragraphs is applicable to the case.
(5) The applicant and the local planning authority may each require the other to send to them a copy of any document, or of the relevant part of any document, referred to in the list of documents comprised in that party’s statement of case; and any such docu- ment, or relevant part, shall be sent as soon as practicable to the party who required it.
(6) The Secretary of State may in writing require any other person who has notified him of an intention or a wish to appear at an inquiry to serve a statement of case, within 4 weeks of being so required, on the applicant, the local planning authority, the Secretary of State and any (or any other) statutory party.
(7) The Secretary of State shall supply any person from whom he requires a statement of case in accordance with paragraph (6) with a copy of the applicant’s and the local planning authority’s statement of case and shall inform that person of the name and address of every person on whom his statement of case is required to be served.
(8) The Secretary of State or an inspector may require any person who has served a statement of case in accordance with this rule to provide such further information about the matters contained in the statement as he may specify; and a person so required shall provide the Secretary of State, or as the case may be, the inspector, with that information in writing and shall, at the same time, send a copy to any other person on whom the statement of case has been served.
(9) Any person other than the applicant who serves a statement of case on the local planning authority shall serve with it a copy of any document, or of the relevant part of any document, referred to in the list comprised in that statement, unless a copy of the document or part of the document in question is already available for inspection pursuant to paragraph (11).
(10) Unless he has already done so, the Secretary of State shall in the case of a referred application, and may in the case of an appeal, not later than 12 weeks from the relevant date serve a written statement of the matters referred to in rule 5(2) on the applicant, the local planning authority, any statutory party and any person from whom he has required a statement of case.
(11) The local planning authority shall afford to any person who so requests a reasonable opportunity to inspect and, where practicable, take copies of any statement of case or other document which, or a copy of which, has been served on them in accordance with this rule, and of their statement of case together with a copy of any document, or of the relevant part of any document, referred to in the list comprised in that statement or otherwise served by them pursuant to this rule; and shall specify in their statement of case the time and place at which the opportunity will be afforded.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2038/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-inquiries-procedure-rules-1992/article-6
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