{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/schedule-a1/paragraph-7D",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/a1/paragraph/7D",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7D",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subsections (4) to (12) of section 15D, and section 15DA, apply to an examination held under paragraph 7C(2)—\n(a) reading references to the local planning authority as references to the upper-tier county council, and\n(b) in the case of an independent examination of a proposed revision, reading references to a local plan as references to the revision.\n(2) The upper-tier county council must give reasons for anything they do in pursuance of paragraph 7B or 7C(4).\n(3) The lower-tier planning authority must reimburse the upper-tier county council—\n(a) for any expenditure that the upper-tier county council incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 7B and which the lower-tier planning authority failed ... to do as mentioned in that paragraph;\n(b) for any expenditure that the upper-tier county council incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 7C(2).\n(4) In the case of a joint local plan, the upper-tier council may apportion liability for the expenditure on such basis as the council considers just between the authorities for whom the plan has been prepared.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (1.10.2016) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 11; S.I. 2016/733, reg. 4(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. A1 paras. 7A-7D inserted (16.1.2018) by Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20), s. 46(1), Sch. 2 para. 4; S.I. 2018/38, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. A1 para. 7D(1) substituted (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(15)(a) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A1 para. 7D(3)(a) omitted (25.3.2026) by virtue of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(15)(b) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A1 para. 7D(4) substituted (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(15)(c)(i) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A1 para. 7D(4) substituted (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(15)(c)(ii) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/schedule/a1/paragraph/7D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:16.746001+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}