# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Paragraph 7B


(1) This paragraph applies if the Secretary of State thinks that a lower tier 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 upper-tier county council to take over preparation of the local plan from the lower-tier planning authority, in which case the upper-tier county council may do so.
(3) If the local plan has come into effect, the Secretary of State may invite the upper-tier county council to revise the local plan, in which case the upper-tier county council may do so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/schedule/a1/paragraph/7B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/schedule-a1/paragraph-7B
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