Advice to Bryan Metcalf
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- Bryan Metcalf
- Date advice given
- 12 March 2014
- Enquiry type
Advice to Parish Council regarding its status as an interested party.
Advice given
I note in your email that you may wish to attend an open session hearing for above application.
Please note that the letter dated 18 February included an indicative timetable for examination of the application.
As mentioned in my previous email, shortly following that meeting the Examining Authority will issue a letter to all parties including the final timetable for the examination. This letter is known as the Rule 8 letter.
In order for an Open Floor Hearing to take place, the ExA must receive a notification/request for one from at least one interested party ?IP?. The notification must be received before the deadline set within the ExA?s final timetable.
I note that Chappel Haddlesey Parish Council is currently not registered as an IP. The Examining Authority in its Rule 8 letter will provide statutory parties with an opportunity to notify the ExA of your wish of becoming an IP.
Once registered as an IP, you will then be able to make a request to the ExA for an Open Floor Hearing to be held. Moreover, you will be able to take a part in the examination not only by attending the hearing but submitting your representations directly to the Examining Authority.
I therefore strongly recommend to use this opportunity to notify the ExA of your wish to become an interested party, in order that your Parish Council can take part in the examination, request an OFH and should you wish to do so make any representations during the examination of that application.
A reply to this email indicating you wish to be an interested party for this examination would suffice.