The Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003

Notification of decision

21.—(1) The National Assembly must, as soon as practicable after reaching its decision, notify its decision on an appeal, and its reasons for the decision, in writing to—

(a) the appellant and the local planning authority;

(b) all other persons entitled to, and who did, take part in the inquiry; and

(c) any other person who, having taken part in 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 must be accompanied by a statement of the inspector’s conclusions and of any recommendations made by the inspector, and if a person entitled to be notified of the decision has not received a copy of that report, that person must be supplied with a copy of it on written application to the National Assembly.

(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 National Assembly in writing, so as to be received within 6 weeks of the date of the National Assembly’s decision, for an opportunity of inspecting any such documents and the National Assembly must give that person that opportunity.

(4) Any person applying to the National Assembly under paragraph (2) must send their application to the National Assembly so as to be received within 4 weeks of the National Assembly’s determination.