Article 11 Participation in an inquiry

(1)

The persons entitled to take part in an inquiry are—

(a)

the applicant;

(b)

the local planning authority;

(c)

any of the following bodies if the land is situated in their area and the body is not the local planning authority—

(i)

a county or county borough council;

(ii)

an enterprise zone authority designated under Schedule 32 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980^f1;

(iii)

a housing action trust specified in an order made under section 67(1) of the Housing Act 1988^f2;

(d)

where the land is in an area previously designated as a new town, the Commission for the New Towns;

(e)

any statutory party;

(f)

the council of the community in which the land is situated, if that council made representations to the local planning authority in respect of the application in pursuance of a provision of a development order;

(g)

any other person who has sent a statement of case in accordance with rule 6(6) or who has sent an outline statement in accordance with rule 5(5).

(2)

Nothing in paragraph (1) precludes the inspector from permitting any other person to take part in an inquiry; and such permission is not to be unreasonably withheld.

(3)

Any persons entitled or permitted to take part may do so on their own behalf or be represented by any other person.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1980 c. 65, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules.
f2: 1988 c. 50; section 67(1) was amended by sections 3 and 4 of, and Schedule 1, Part I and Schedule 2, paragraph 79(3) to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11).