# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Paragraph 10


(1) The examiner must first determine whether the modifications contained in the draft plan are so significant or substantial as to change the nature of the neighbourhood development plan which the draft plan would replace.
(2) The following provisions of this paragraph apply if the examiner determines that the modifications would have that effect.
(3) The examiner must—
(a) notify the qualifying body and the local planning authority of the determination, and
(b) give reasons for the determination.
(4) The qualifying body must decide whether it wishes to proceed with the proposal or withdraw it, and must notify the examiner and the local planning authority of that decision.
(5) If the qualifying body notifies the examiner that it wishes to proceed with the proposal, the examiner must consider the draft plan and the documents submitted with it under paragraph 8 of Schedule 4B to the principal Act (as applied by sections 38A(3) and 38C(5) of this Act).
(6) In that event that Schedule is to apply in relation to the draft plan and the documents submitted with it as if they had been submitted to the examiner under that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/schedule/a2/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/schedule-a2/paragraph-10
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