The Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 No. 2055

PART 2 E+W+S Changes to, and revocation of, orders granting development consent under paragraphs 3(1), 3(4), and 3(5) of Schedule 6 to the Act

Open-floor hearings E+W+S

35.—(1) The Examining body must fix, and cause the interested parties to be informed of, the deadline by which an interested party must notify the appropriate authority of the party's wish to be heard at an open-floor hearing.

(2) If the appropriate authority receives notification from at least one interested party before the deadline, the Examining body must cause an open-floor hearing to be held.

(3) At an open-floor hearing, each interested party is entitled (subject to the Examining body's powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the application.