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[F117(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)a local plan is in force in the area of a local planning authority;
(b)a unitary development plan is being prepared;
(c)the local planning authority who are preparing that plan have published in the prescribed manner a statement in the prescribed form identifying a policy included in the plan as an existing policy; and
(d)a local inquiry or other hearing is held for the purpose of considering any objection to the plan.
(2)Where this sub-paragraph applies, the person holding the inquiry or other hearing need not allow an objector to appear if he is satisfied that—
(a)the objection is to a policy identified in the statement published under sub-paragraph (1)(c);
(b)the policy so identified is an existing policy; and
(c)there has been no significant change in circumstances affecting the existing policy since it first formed part of the plan mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a).
(3)In this paragraph “existing policy” means a policy or proposal the substance of which (however expressed) was contained in a local plan in force as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 17 substituted (25.11.1991 for certain purposes and otherwise 10.2.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 36(2) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2728, art.2; S.I. 1991/2905, art. 4, Sch.3