PART 6Planning in England

Planning permission etc

156Local planning authorities: information about neighbourhood development plans

After section 75ZA of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (inserted by section 155 above) insert—

75ZBInformation about neighbourhood development plans

1

This section applies where—

a

a report of the kind mentioned in section 75ZA(1) recommends the grant of planning permission or permission in principle, and

b

the proposed development is in an area for which a neighbourhood development plan (made under section 38A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004) is in force.

2

The report must—

a

set out how the plan was taken into account in making the recommendation, and

b

identify any points of conflict between the plan and the recommendation.