Paragraph 1 Neighbourhood development plans

England and Wales

For the purposes of regulations 14 and 16, a “consultation body” means—

(a)

where the local planning authority is a London borough council, the Mayor of London;

(b)

a local planning authority, county council or parish council any part of whose area is in or adjoins the area of the local planning authority;

(c)

the Coal Authority M1;

(d)

the Homes and Communities Agency M2;

(e)

Natural England M3;

(f)

the Environment Agency M4;

(g)

the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (known as English Heritage) M5;

(h)

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (company number 2904587);

F1(i)

a strategic highways company any part of whose area is in or adjoins the neighbourhood area;

(ia)

where the Secretary of State is the highway authority for any road in the area of a local planning authority any part of whose area is in or adjoins the neighbourhood area, the Secretary of State for Transport;

(j)

the Marine Management Organisation M6;

(k)

any person—

(i)

to whom the electronic communications code applies by virtue of a direction given under section 106(3)(a) of the Communications Act 2003; and

(ii)

who owns or controls electronic communications apparatus situated in any part of the area of the local planning authority;

(l)

where it exercises functions in any part of the neighbourhood area—

F2(i)

F3an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;

(iia)

F4NHS England;

(ii)

a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 6(1)(b) and (c) of the Electricity Act 1989 M7;

(iii)

a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 7(2) of the Gas Act 1986 M8;

(iv)

a sewerage undertaker; and

(v)

a water undertaker;

(m)

voluntary bodies some or all of whose activities benefit all or any part of the neighbourhood area;

(n)

bodies which represent the interests of different racial, ethnic or national groups in the neighbourhood area;

(o)

bodies which represent the interests of different religious groups in the neighbourhood area;

(p)

bodies which represent the interests of persons carrying on business in the neighbourhood area; and

(q)

bodies which represent the interests of disabled persons in the neighbourhood area.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1 para. 1(i)(ia) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 1(i) (1.4.2015) by The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Strategic Highways Companies) (Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/377), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 53(2)
F2: Sch. 1 para. 1(l)(i)(ia) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 1(l)(i) (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 168
F3: Words in Regulations substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1
F4: Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1

Marginal citations

M1: See section 1 of the Coal Industry Act 1994 (c.21).
M2: See section 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c.17).
M3: See section 1 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16).
M4: See section 1(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25).
M5: See section 32 of the National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47).
M6: See section 1 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23).
M7: 1989 c.29. Section 6 was substituted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).
M8: 1986 c.44. Section 7 was amended sections 3(2), 76(1) and (3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 6 to, the Utilities Act 2000.