F1SCHEDULE A2Modification of neighbourhood development plans
Proposals for modification of neighbourhood development plan
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(1)
This Schedule applies if a neighbourhood development plan has effect for a neighbourhood area within the area of a local planning authority.
(2)
A qualifying body is entitled to submit a proposal to the local planning authority for the modification of the neighbourhood development plan.
(3)
The proposal must be accompanied by—
(a)
a draft of the neighbourhood development plan as proposed to be modified (the “draft plan”), and
(b)
a statement which contains a summary of the proposals and sets out the reasons why the plan should be modified as proposed.
(4)
The proposal must—
(a)
be made in the prescribed form, and
(b)
be accompanied by other documents and information of a prescribed description.
(5)
The qualifying body must send to prescribed persons a copy of—
(a)
the proposal,
(b)
the draft plan, and
(c)
such of the other documents and information accompanying the proposal as may be prescribed.
(6)
The Secretary of State may publish a document setting standards for—
(a)
the preparation of a draft of a neighbourhood development plan as proposed to be modified and other documents accompanying the proposal,
(b)
the coverage in any document accompanying the proposal of a matter falling to be dealt with in it, and
(c)
all or any of the collection, sources, verification, processing and presentation of information accompanying the proposal.
(7)
The documents and information accompanying the proposal (including the draft plan) must comply with those standards.
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(1)
A qualifying body may withdraw a proposal at any time before the local planning authority act in relation to the proposal under paragraph 14.
(2)
If—
(a)
a proposal by a qualifying body is made by an organisation or body designated as a neighbourhood forum, and
(b)
the designation is withdrawn at any time before the proposal is submitted for independent examination under paragraph 9,
the proposal is to be treated as withdrawn by the qualifying body at that time.
(3)
If the withdrawal of the designation occurs after the proposal is submitted for independent examination under that paragraph, the withdrawal is not to affect the validity of the proposal.