15 Adoption of unitary development plan by local planning authority.E+W
[F1(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section and sections 17 and 18, the local planning authority may by resolution adopt the unitary development plan, either as originally prepared or as modified so as to take account of—
(a)any objections to the plan; or
(b)any other considerations which appear to them to be material.]
(2)A unitary development plan shall not be adopted unless Part II of the plan is in general conformity with Part I.
(3)Where an objection to a unitary development plan has been made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the local planning authority do not propose to modify the plan to take account of the objection, the authority—
(a)shall send the Secretary of State particulars of the objection and a statement of their reasons for not modifying the plan to take account of it; and
(b)shall not adopt the plan unless the Secretary of State authorises them to do so.
(4)Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter and to section 287, a unitary development plan shall become operative on the date on which it is adopted.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 15(1) substituted (25.11.1991 for certain purposes and otherwise 10.2.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. I, para.6 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2728, art.2; S.I. 1991/2905, art.4