(1)This section applies if the Secretary of State thinks that a local planning authority are failing or omitting to do anything it is necessary for them to do in connection with the preparation, revision or adoption of a development plan document.
(2)The Secretary of State must hold an independent examination and section 20(4) to (7) applies accordingly.
(3)The Secretary of State must publish the recommendations and reasons of the person appointed to hold the examination.
(4)The Secretary of State may—
(a)prepare or revise (as the case may be) the document, and
(b)approve the document as a local development document.
(5)The Secretary of State must give reasons for anything he does in pursuance of subsection (4).
(6)The authority must reimburse the Secretary of State for any expenditure he incurs in connection with anything—
(a)which is done by him under subsection (4), and
(b)which the authority failed or omitted to do as mentioned in subsection (1).
Commencement Information
I1S. 27 in force at 28.9.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/2202, art. 2(b)