SCHEDULE 2 Development Plans: Transitional Provisions
Part II Greater London
Incorporation of current local plan in unitary development plan
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(1)
Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)
a local plan is in force in the area of a local planning authority;
(b)
a unitary development plan is being prepared;
(c)
the local planning authority who are preparing that plan have published in the prescribed manner a statement in the prescribed form identifying a policy included in the plan as an existing policy; and
(d)
a local inquiry or other hearing is held for the purpose of considering any objection to the plan.
(2)
Where this sub-paragraph applies, the person holding the inquiry or other hearing need not allow an objector to appear if he is satisfied that—
(a)
the objection is to a policy identified in the statement published under sub-paragraph (1)(c);
(b)
the policy so identified is an existing policy; and
(c)
there has been no significant change in circumstances affecting the existing policy since it first formed part of the plan mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a).
(3)
In this paragraph “existing policy” means a policy or proposal the substance of which (however expressed) was contained in a local plan in force as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a).