PART 2CRITERIA FOR RECOGNITION OF REGIONAL PLANNING BODIES, ANNUAL MONITORING REPORTS AND REGIONAL PARTICIPATION STATEMENTS
Annual monitoring reports5
1
The period in respect of which reports must be prepared under section 3(4) is the period of twelve months commencing on 1st April in each year and ending on 31st March in the following year.
2
The date prescribed for the purposes of section 3(5)(c) is 28th February in the year following that in respect of which the report under section 3(4) is prepared.
3
A report under section 3(4) must contain the following information—
a
a statement identifying any policy in the RSS which in the opinion of the RPB is not being implemented;
b
where a policy is identified as mentioned in paragraph (a), a statement of–
i
the reasons why the RPB is of the opinion that the policy is not being implemented; and
ii
the measures that the RPB intends to take to secure that the policy is implemented including, in particular, whether the RPB intends to prepare a draft revision of the RSS which will amend the policy;
c
in a case to which paragraph (4) applies, a statement as to the number of dwellings built in the part of the region in question —
i
during the period of the report, and
ii
since the policy concerned was first published by the Secretary of State.
4
This paragraph applies where the RSS contains a policy which specifies, whether by reference to a year or any other period, the number of dwellings to be built in any part of the region.
5
At the time an RPB submits a report to the Secretary of State under section 3(5)(c) it must publish the report on its website.