The Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 1992

Minor additions to, and amendments of, documentation after application made

11.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the applicant may submit to the Secretary of State after the date of the application—

(a) a document containing information additional to that submitted with the application, or

(b) a document amending a document submitted with the application.

(2) Paragraph (1) above does not apply—

(a) to any document to which rule 6(12) above applies; or

(b) where the amending or additional document contains, expressly or by implication, a proposal to authorise the compulsory acquisition of land or the right to use land or the compulsory extinguishment of easements or other private rights over land (including private rights of navigation over water) which was not contained in the application in question; or

(c) where the amending or additional document contains, expressly or by implication, proposals which would, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, materially alter the character of the matters for which provision is made in the draft order.

(3) Where the Secretary of State has given notice of his intention to hold a public local inquiry, no amending or additional document may be served under the provisions of this rule after the date upon which the applicant is obliged, by rules made under section 9 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, to serve upon the Secretary of State a full statement of the case he intends to put to the inquiry.

(4) Where an applicant submits a document under paragraph (1) above, he shall comply with rule 8 above as if it applied to that document and as if a reference to the date of submission of the document were substituted for the reference therein to the making of the application.