Part 6Deciding applications for orders granting development consent
Chapter 4Examination of applications under Chapter 2 or 3
I191Hearings about specific issues
1
Subsections (2) and (3) apply where the Examining authority decides that it is necessary for the Examining authority's examination of the application to include the consideration of oral representations about a particular issue made at a hearing in order to ensure—
a
adequate examination of the issue, or
b
that an interested party has a fair chance to put the party's case.
2
The Examining authority must cause a hearing to be held for the purpose of receiving oral representations about the issue.
3
At the hearing, each interested party is entitled (subject to the Examining authority's powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the issue.
4
Where the Examining authority is a Panel acting under Chapter 2, any two or more hearings under subsection (2) may be held concurrently.