The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001

3.  Before the authority—

(a)amends the draft plan or strategy;

(b)approves, for the purpose of its submission to the Secretary of State or any Minister of the Crown for his approval, any plan or strategy (whether or not in the form of a draft) of which any part is required to be so submitted; or

(c)adopts (with or without modification) the plan or strategy,

it must inform the elected mayor of any objections which it has to the draft plan or strategy and must give to him instructions requiring the executive to reconsider, in the light of those objections, the draft plan or strategy submitted to it.