The Wildlife and Countryside (Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Response by the Council to an appeal

8.  The Council must, within 28 days of receiving from the National Assembly a copy of a notice of appeal, send to the National Assembly, to the appellant and to any regulation 7(1)(b) party—

(a) a statement whether it opposes the appeal and, if so, of its grounds for doing so;

(b) in the case of a consent appeal, a copy of any relevant notice of a proposal to carry out the operation (together with accompanying plans and documents) given to the Council under section 28E(1) of the 1981 Act;

(c) copies of any relevant correspondence between the appellant and the Council;

(d) copies of any representations made to the Council by any person other than the appellant in respect of the decision on the part of the Council to which the appeal relates (or, in the case of a deemed refusal appeal, in respect of any decision which the Council might have taken if the appellant had not treated the Council as having refused consent);

(e) a statement of the names and addresses of any persons to whom the Council have sent a notice under regulation 7(1) and the date on which such notice was sent; and

(f) if the Council wishes to be heard by a person appointed by the National Assembly in connection with the appeal, a statement to that effect and if so, whether the Council wishes to be heard at a local inquiry or, alternatively, at a hearing and, if a hearing, whether the Council objects to the hearing being held in private if the appellant so requests.