# The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, Paragraph 1: Neighbourhood development plans

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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 ;
(d) the Homes and Communities Agency ;
(e) Natural England ;
(f) the Environment Agency ;
(g) the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (known as English Heritage) ;
(h) Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (company number 2904587);
(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 ;
(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—
(i) an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
(iia) NHS England;
(ii) a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 6(1)(b) and (c) of the Electricity Act 1989 ;
(iii) a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 7(2) of the Gas Act 1986 ;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/637/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-general-regulations-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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