Regulation 5 Application for designation of a neighbourhood area
Where a relevant body M1 submits an area application to the local planning authority it must include—
a map which identifies the area to which the area application relates;
a statement explaining why this area is considered appropriate to be designated as a neighbourhood area; and
a statement that the organisation or body making the area application is a relevant body for the purposes of section 61G of the 1990 Act.
A local planning authority may decline to consider an area application if the relevant body has already made an area application and a decision has not yet been made on that application.
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For the definition of “relevant body” see section 61G(2) of the 1990 Act (inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20).