Planning Act 2008

91Hearings about specific issuesE+W+S

(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply where the Examining authority decides that it is necessary for the Examining authority's examination of the application to include the consideration of oral representations about a particular issue made at a hearing in order to ensure—

(a)adequate examination of the issue, or

(b)that an interested party has a fair chance to put the party's case.

(2)The Examining authority must cause a hearing to be held for the purpose of receiving oral representations about the issue.

(3)At the hearing, each interested party is entitled (subject to the Examining authority's powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the issue.

(4)Where the Examining authority is a Panel acting under Chapter 2, any two or more hearings under subsection (2) may be held concurrently.