Appearances at inquiry
17.—(1) The persons entitled to appear at an inquiry are—
(a)the applicant;
(b)a qualifying planning authority;
(c)any of the following bodies if land to which the inquiry relates is situated in their area and they are not the relevant planning authority—
(i)a joint planning board constituted under section 2(1B) of the 1990 Act(1) (joint planning boards);
(ii)an urban development corporation established by the Welsh Ministers by order under section 135(1) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980(2) (urban development corporations);
(d)a qualifying objector who has returned a registration form in accordance with regulation 6(4)(a);
(e)any other person who has sent a statement of case in accordance with regulation 12(2).
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) prevents the inspector from permitting any other person to appear at an inquiry, and such permission must not be unreasonably withheld.
(3) Any person entitled or permitted to appear may do so on their own behalf or be represented by any other person.
(4) An inspector may allow one or more persons to appear for the benefit of some or all of any persons having a similar interest in the matter under inquiry.
Subsection (1) was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 18 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and subsection (1B) was inserted into section 2 by section 19(1) of that Act.