PART 2SURVEY OF AREA

Survey of area: county councils5

1

Each county council shall keep under review, in relation to that part of their area for which there is a district council, the following matters—

a

the principal physical, economic, social and environmental characteristics of the authority;

b

the size, composition and distribution of the population of the area;

c

the communications, transport system and traffic of the area;

d

any other considerations which may be expected to affect those matters.

2

The persons prescribed for the purposes of section 14(5) are–

a

any local planning authority any part of whose area lies within the area of the county council; and

b

if the regional planning body within whose area the area of the county council lies requests a copy of the results of the review under section 14(3), that body.