# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Paragraph 7ZB


(1) This paragraph applies if the Secretary of State thinks that a constituent planning authority are failing to do anything it is necessary or expedient for them to do in connection with the preparation, adoption or revision of a local plan.
(2) If the local plan has not come into effect, the Secretary of State may invite the combined county authority to take over preparation of the local plan from the constituent planning authority, in which case the combined county authority may do so.
(3) If the local plan has come into effect, the Secretary of State may invite the combined county authority to revise the local plan, in which case the combined county authority may do so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/schedule/A1/paragraph/7ZB (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/schedule-A1/paragraph-7ZB
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