{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-unitary-development-plans-regulations-1988/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-unitary-development-plans-regulations-1988/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Unitary Development Plans) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-unitary-development-plans-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Consideration of objections without an inquiry or other hearing",
  "text": "(1) If objections have been duly made to a proposed unitary development plan and not withdrawn, but no local inquiry or other hearing is held because the persons making those objections have indicated in writing that they do not wish to appear, the local planning authority shall prepare a statement of their decisions as respects all the objections and their reason for each decision.\n(2) Regulation 15(2) shall apply to a statement prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) of this regulation as it applies to a statement prepared pursuant to regulation 15(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/139/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:12:34.465459+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."
}