Part 2Hearings

Procedure after hearing: standard applications

10.—(1) This rule applies where a hearing has been held for the purposes of a standard application.

(2) After the close of the hearing, the inspector must prepare a written statement setting out their decision and their reasons for it.

(3) When making their decision, the inspector—

(a)must take into account—

(i)any representations made to the Secretary of State pursuant to any notice of, or information about, or consultation in relation to, the Crown development application under the provisions of the 2025 Order which are received before the end of the applicable representation period, and

(ii)any representations made at the hearing, and

(b)may disregard any representations or information received after the hearing is closed.

(4) Paragraph (5) applies if, when making their decision, the inspector proposes to take into consideration any new representations or information (not being a matter of government policy) which were not raised at the hearing and which the inspector considers to be material to their decision.

(5) The inspector must not come to a decision without first—

(a)notifying in writing the persons entitled to appear at the hearing of the matter in question, and

(b)affording them an opportunity of making written representations to the inspector.