The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012

PART 7 E+W Joint local plans or supplementary planning documents

Joint local plans or supplementary planning documents: corresponding documents E+W

32.—(1) In relation to an agreement mentioned in section 28(1) of the Act, the period prescribed for the purposes of section 28(9) of the Act is 3 months starting with the day on which any local planning authority which is a party to the agreement withdraw from it.

(2) A corresponding document for the purposes of section 28(7) of the Act is a document which—

(a) does not relate to any part of the area of the local planning authority that have withdrawn from the agreement; and

(b) with respect to the areas of the local planning authorities which prepared it, has substantially the same effect as the original joint document.

(3) In paragraph (2)(b) “original joint document” means a joint local plan or supplementary planning document prepared pursuant to the agreement mentioned in paragraph (1).

[F1 Joint local plans prepared under direction by the Secretary of State: corresponding documents and corresponding joint development plan documents E+W

32A.— (1) The period prescribed for the purpose of section 28C(6) of the Act is 3 months starting with the day on which the direction given under section 28A of the Act is withdrawn or modified by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 28C(3) of the Act.

(2) A corresponding document for the purposes of section 28C(7) of the Act is a document prepared by a local planning authority which—

(a) does not relate to any part of the area of any other local planning authority to which the original joint local plan related; and

(b) with respect to the area of the local planning authority which prepared it, has substantially the same effect as the original joint local plan.

(3) A corresponding joint development plan document for the purposes of section 28C(7) of the Act is a document prepared by two or more local planning authorities which—

(a) does not relate to any part of the area of any other local planning authority to which the original joint local plan related; and

(b) with respect to the areas of the local planning authorities which prepared it, has substantially the same effect as the original joint local plan.

(4) In this regulation “original joint local plan” means a joint local plan prepared pursuant to a direction given by the Secretary of State under section 28A of the Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 32A inserted (15.1.2018) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1244), regs. 1(2), 8

Joint committees: corresponding documents and corresponding schemes E+W

33.—(1) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 31(6) of the Act is 3 months starting with the day on which, pursuant to section 31(2) of the Act, the Secretary of State revokes the order made under section 29 of the Act.

(2) Subject to paragraph (5), for the purposes of section 31(3) and (6) of the Act a corresponding document is a document which—

(a) does not relate to any part of the area of the constituent authority M1 which requested the revocation of the order made under section 29 of the Act; and

(b) with respect to the area of the successor authority, has substantially the same effect as the original local plan or supplementary planning document.

(3) For the purposes of section 31(3) of the Act, a corresponding scheme is a scheme of a successor authority which—

(a) specifies a document that is a corresponding document for the purposes of section 31(3) of the Act, but

(b) does not specify the original local plan or supplementary planning document,

as a document which is to be a local plan or supplementary planning document.

(4) In paragraph (3)(b) “original local plan or supplementary planning document” means a local plan or supplementary planning document prepared by the joint committee constituted by the order made under section 29 of the Act.

(5) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply where the constituent authority is a county council for which there is also a district council.

Marginal Citations

M1 See section 29(3) of the Act.