The Town and Country Planning (Local Development Plan) (Wales) Regulations 2005

PART 2 PRELIMINARY

Community Involvement Scheme Preparation

5.  The persons who are to be engaged in the preparation of a community involvement scheme for the purposes of section 63(3)(a) are those general consultation bodies as appear to the LPA as having an interest in matters relating to the development in the LPA’s area.

Content of Community Involvement Scheme

6.  A community involvement scheme must include within it the following matters—

(a) a list of all those general and specific consultation bodies to be involved in the LDP procedure;

(b) the principles of the LDP participation strategy to be adopted by the LPA;

(c) the timing of, and the method by which—

(i) participation will occur at each stage of the LDP procedure, and

(ii) the LPA will respond to the participation process referred to in sub-paragraph (i);

(d) details of how the LPA will use those responses at each stage in developing the content of its LDP.

Timetable Preparation

7.  The persons that must be consulted in the preparation of a timetable for the purposes of section 63(7)(a) are all the specific consultation bodies.

Content of Timetable

8.  The timetable must include all key dates—

(a) specified in guidance made under section 75, which must include—

(i) a definitive date for each stage of the LDP procedure up to deposit stage, and

(ii) indicative dates up to adoption of the LDP,

(b) for the preparation and publication of—

(i) the sustainability appraisal report, and

(ii) the annual monitoring report.

Delivery Agreement

9.—(1) A delivery agreement must consist of the community involvement scheme (prepared in accordance with regulation 6) and the timetable (prepared in accordance with regulation 8) and must, in addition, be—

(a) approved by resolution of the LPA prior to submission to the National Assembly for its agreement; and

(b) submitted to the National Assembly for agreement on or before the date specified by guidance made under section 75.

(2) The National Assembly must respond within four weeks of receipt of the delivery agreement, unless it has, before the expiry of that period, notified the LPA in writing that it requires more time to consider the document.

(3) If before the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (2), the National Assembly has failed to respond to the receipt by it of the delivery agreement, it will be deemed to be agreed at the end of that period.

(4) Until such time as the National Assembly approves the delivery agreement, the LPA must not take any steps under regulation 15 to advertise its proposals.

(5) The LPA must keep the delivery agreement under regular review and any revision must comply with paragraph (1)(a) prior to being agreed with the National Assembly, and subject to paragraph (2) and (3).

Availability of a Delivery Agreement

10.—(1) Where a delivery agreement takes effect in accordance with regulation 9, an LPA must—

(a) make a copy of the agreement available for inspection at its principal office during normal office hours, and

(b) publish the agreement on its website.

(2) Where a revision to a delivery agreement takes effect under regulation 9, within 2 weeks of it taking effect, the LDP must incorporate the revision into the agreement made available for inspection and published under paragraph (1).