PART 6Assessment of plans and projects
CHAPTER 8Land Use Plans
Land use plans
Co-ordination for land use plan prepared by more than one authority108
1
The following provisions apply where two or more local planning authorities prepare a joint local development document under section 28 (joint local development documents) or a joint local development plan under section 72 (joint local development plans) of the 2004 Planning Act M1.
2
Nothing in paragraph (1) of regulation 105 requires a local planning authority to assess any implications of a joint local development document or plan which would be more appropriately assessed under that provision by another local planning authority.
3
The appropriate authority may issue guidance to local planning authorities for the purposes of regulation 105(1) as to the circumstances in which a local planning authority may or should adopt the reasoning or conclusions of another local planning authority as to whether a joint local planning document or plan—
a
is likely to have a significant effect on a European site or a European offshore marine site; or
b
will adversely affect the integrity of a European site or a European offshore marine site.
4
The local planning authorities concerned must have regard to any such guidance.
5
In determining whether a joint local development document or plan should be adopted under regulation 107, a local planning authority must seek and have regard to the views of the other local planning authorities concerned.