Notification of decision21
1
The Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable after reaching his decision, notify his decision on an appeal, and his reasons for it in writing to—
a
the appellant and the local planning authority;
b
all other persons entitled to appear at the inquiry who did appear; and
c
any other person who, having appeared at the inquiry, has asked to be notified of the decision.
2
Where a copy of the inspector’s report is not sent with the notification of the decision, the notification shall be accompanied by a statement of his conclusions and of any recommendations made by him, and if a person entitled to be notified of the decision has not received a copy of that report, he shall be supplied with a copy of it on written application to the Secretary of State.
3
In this rule “report” includes any assessor’s report appended to the inspector’s report but does not include any other documents so appended; but any person who has received a copy of the report may apply to the Secretary of State in writing, within 6 weeks of the date of the Secretary of State’s decision, for an opportunity of inspecting any such documents and the Secretary of State shall give him that opportunity.
4
Any person applying to the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) shall send his application to the Secretary of State within 4 weeks of the Secretary of State’s determination.