Regulation 26 PlansF11I1

Any of the following documents or plans adopted by a predecessor council, or approved under the 2004 Act, before the reorganisation date have effect on and after that date as if it had been adopted by the successor council, or approved for such part of its area as corresponds to the area to which the document or plan relates—

Nothing in paragraph (1) affects any power of the Secretary of State to revoke, or the successor council to revise, a document F2or plan to which paragraph (1) relates.

A successor council must adopt a F3local plan and the document or documents which are to form their minerals and waste plan under section 15EA of the 2004 Act to apply to the whole of its area within a period of five years starting with the reorganisation date.

On or after the reorganisation date and prior to F4adoption of a plan and adoption of a document or documents to apply to the whole of its area as required by paragraph (3) a successor council may revise or replace a document F5or plan referred to in paragraph (1) for a part of its area which was the area of a predecessor council.

In revising or replacing a document F6or plan in accordance with paragraph (4), a successor council may adopt, with or without modification, F7a document or plan which was prepared but not adopted by a predecessor council before the reorganisation date.

Where—

the successor council may F10prepare and adopt such a document or a plan for the part of its area which was the area of the predecessor council.