Schedule 15, paragraph 10A

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), subsections (2) to (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (giving of evidence at, and defraying of costs of, inquiries) shall apply in relation to any hearing or local inquiry held under paragraph 7 or 8 in England as they apply in relation to a local inquiry which a Minister causes to be held under subsection (1) of that section. In its application to a hearing or inquiry held under paragraph 7 or 8 by a person appointed under paragraph 10(1), subsection (5) of that section shall have effect as if the reference to the Minister causing the inquiry to be held were a reference to the person so appointed or the Secretary of State. Section 322A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (orders as to costs where no hearing or inquiry takes place) shall apply in relation to a hearing or local inquiry under paragraph 7 or 8 in England as it applies in relation to a hearing or local inquiry for the purposes referred to in that section. Section 369 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026 (evidence at local inquiries) applies in relation to a hearing or local inquiry under paragraph 7 or 8 in Wales as it applies in relation to a local inquiry under that Act. Section 322C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (costs: Wales) applies in relation to a hearing or inquiry under paragraph 7 or 8 in Wales as it applies in relation to a hearing or inquiry mentioned in that section.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30