Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 6, Chapter 4: Examination of applications under Chapter 2 or 3 Section 88: Initial assessment of issues and preliminary meeting
165.This section requires the Examining authority to make an initial assessment of the principal issues arising on an application. When it has done this it should hold a preliminary meeting with the applicant and each other interested party. The purpose of this meeting is to enable those present to make representations as to how the application should be examined and to discuss any other matter the Examining authority wishes.