Article 5 Preliminary information to be supplied

(1)

The local planning authority shall on receipt of the relevant notice forthwith inform the Secretary of State and the applicant in writing of the name and address of any statutory party who has made representations to them; and the Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, inform the applicant and the local planning authority in writing of the name and address of—

(a)

any statutory party who has made representations to him; and

(b)

any other persons who are known to have a right to appear at the inquiry or to have an interest in the proposal.

(2)

Where this paragraph applies, the local planning authority shall forthwith after receipt of the relevant notice inform the person concerned of the inquiry and, unless they have already done so, that person shall thereupon give the local planning authority a written statement of the reasons for making the direction, expressing the view or making the representations, as the case may be.

(3)

Paragraph (2) paragraph applies where—

(a)

the Secretary of State has given to the local planning authority a direction restricting the grant of planning permission for which application was made;

(b)

in a case relating to listed building consent, the Commission has given to the local planning authority a direction pursuant to section 14(2) of the Listed Buildings Act as to how the application is to be determined;

(c)

the Secretary of State or any other Minister of the Crown or any government department, or any body falling within rule 15(1)(c), has expressed in writing to the local planning authority the view that the application should not be granted either wholly or in part, or should be granted only subject to conditions; or

(d)

any person consulted in pursuance of a development order has made representations to the local planning authority about the application.