The Secretary of State shall notify his decision and his reasons therefor in writing to the applicant, the planning authority and the statutory parties and to any person who, having appeared or been represented at the inquiry, has asked to be notified of the decision.

Where a copy of the report is not sent with the notification of the decision, the notification shall be accompanied by a summary of the reporter’s conclusions and recommendations; and if any person entitled to be notified of the Secretary of State’s decision under paragraph (1) of this rule has not received a copy of the report, he shall be supplied with a copy thereof on written application made to the Secretary of State within 6 weeks from the date of his decision.

For the purpose of this rule “report” means the report submitted to the Secretary of State (including the assessor’s report, if any) but does not include documents appended to the report but any person entitled to be notified of the Secretary of State’s decision under paragraph (1) of this rule may apply to the Secretary of State in writing within 6 weeks of the notification to him of the decision or the supply to him of the report, whichever is the later, for an opportunity of inspecting such documents, and the Secretary of State shall afford him an opportunity accordingly.