Part 4Determination of Crown development and connected listed building applications

Chapter 1Determination of procedure

Prescribed period for determination of procedure

article 43 + 43.  For the purposes of section 319A(3) of the 1990 Act the prescribed period within which the Secretary of State must decide the procedure to be followed for the determination of a Crown development application with, where applicable, a connected listed building application, is 5 working days beginning with the day after the end of the last representation period.

Notice of procedure

article 44 + 44.—(1) As soon as practicable after a determination has been made under section 319A of the 1990 Act of the procedure to be followed to determine the application, the Secretary of State must send a notice to—

article 44 1 a + (a)the applicant,

article 44 1 b + (b)the relevant local planning authority, and

article 44 1 c + (c)all persons who made representations to the Secretary of State within the applicable representation period.

(2) The notice in paragraph (1) must state—

article 44 2 a + (a)the procedure to be followed to determine the application,

article 44 2 b + (b)where a hearing or local inquiry is to be held, that persons may request in writing to participate in the hearing or inquiry, and

article 44 2 c + (c)the address of the Secretary of State to which they may make a such a request.

(3) The Secretary of State must publish the notice on the website referred to in article 16 at the same time as the notice is sent to the persons specified in paragraph (1).