# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Paragraph 7D


(1) Subsections (4) to (12) of section 15D, and section 15DA, apply to an examination held under paragraph 7C(2)—
(a) reading references to the local planning authority as references to the upper-tier county council, and
(b) in the case of an independent examination of a proposed revision, reading references to a local plan as references to the revision.
(2) The upper-tier county council must give reasons for anything they do in pursuance of paragraph 7B or 7C(4).
(3) The lower-tier planning authority must reimburse the upper-tier county council—
(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;
(b) for any expenditure that the upper-tier county council incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 7C(2).
(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.

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