# The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994, Regulation 85D: Co-ordination for land use plan prepared by more than one planning authority

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This regulation applies where two or more planning authorities prepare a strategic development plan under section 4 or a joint local development plan under section 16 of the 1997 Planning Act.
(2) Nothing in regulation 85B(1) requires a planning authority to assess any implications of a strategic development plan or a joint local development plan which would be more appropriately assessed under that provision by another planning authority.
(3) The Scottish Ministers may issue guidance to planning authorities for the purposes of regulation 85B(1) as to the circumstances in which a planning authority may or should adopt the reasoning or conclusions of another planning authority as to whether a strategic development plan or a joint local development 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 planning authorities involved shall have regard to any guidance issued under paragraph (3) in discharging their functions under regulation 85B(1).
(5) In determining whether a strategic development plan or a joint local development plan should be adopted under regulation 85C(1) a planning authority shall seek and have regard to the views of other planning authorities involved.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2716/regulation/85D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-regulations-1994/regulation-85D
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