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Section 96: Representations not made orally may be made in writing

Planning Act 2008 · 2008 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 6: Deciding applications for orders granting development consent — Chapter 4: Examination of applications under Chapter 2 or 3

Subsection (2) applies where—

a person asks the Examining authority to be allowed to make oral representations about the application at a hearing,
the person does not (for whatever reason) make the representations orally at a hearing,
written representations from the person are received by the Secretary of State before the Examining authority completes the Examining authority's examination of the application, and
the written representations state that they are ones that the person asked to be allowed to, but did not, make orally at a hearing.

The Examining authority must consider the written representations as part of the Examining authority's examination of the application, subject to section 87(3).

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