# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Paragraph 7C


(1) This paragraph applies where a local plan is prepared or revised by an upper-tier county council under paragraph 7B.
(1A) If the upper-tier county council are to prepare the local plan, the upper-tier county council must publish a document setting out—
(a) their timetable for preparing the plan, and
(b) if they intend to depart from anything specified in a local plan timetable in relation to the plan, details of how they intend to depart from it.
(2) The upper-tier county council must hold an independent examination.
(3) The upper-tier county council—
(a) must publish the recommendations and reasons of the person appointed to hold the examination, and
(b) may also give directions to the lower-tier planning authority in relation to publication of those recommendations and reasons.
(4) The upper-tier county council may then—
(a) where the upper-tier county council have prepared a local plan, approve the local plan, approve the local plan subject to specified modifications or direct the lower-tier planning authority to consider adopting the local plan by resolution of the authority, or
(b) where the upper-tier county council are to revise a local plan, make the revision or make the revision subject to specified modifications.

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