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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-trees-regulations-1999/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1892",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "regulation/16",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Decision on basis of material submitted within relevant time limits",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may proceed to a decision taking into account only such representations and supporting documents as have been submitted within the relevant time limits.\n(2) The Secretary of State may, after giving the appellant and the authority notice in writing of his intention to do so, proceed to a decision notwithstanding that no representations have been made within the relevant time limits, if it appears to him that he has sufficient material before him to enable him to reach a decision on the merits of the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1892/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:18:16.878246+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."
}