Section 15BB Minerals and waste plan timetableF1

(1)

Each minerals and waste planning authority must prepare and maintain a document to be known as their “minerals and waste plan timetable”.

(2)

The minerals and waste plan timetable must specify—

(a)

the matters which will be dealt with by the minerals and waste plan for the relevant area,

(b)

the geographical area to which the authority’s minerals and waste plan is to relate,

(c)

any supplementary plans which the minerals and waste planning authority are to make,

(d)

the subject matter and geographical area, site or sites to which each supplementary plan is to relate,

(e)

whether the minerals and waste plan for the authority’s area is to be a joint minerals and waste plan and, if so, each other minerals and waste planning authority for whose relevant area the joint minerals and waste plan is to be the minerals and waste plan,

(f)

whether the authority are to prepare a joint supplementary plan and, if so, each other minerals and waste planning authority who are to prepare that joint supplementary plan with them, and

(g)

a timetable for the preparation of the minerals and waste plan for the relevant area, and any supplementary plans the authority are to make, which is consistent with this Part and any regulations made under it.

(3)

If the minerals and waste plan for the relevant area is to be a joint minerals and waste plan, or the authority is to prepare one or more joint supplementary plans, the timetable for each joint plan, specified in the minerals and waste plan timetable in accordance with subsection (2)(g), must be consistent with the timetable for that plan in the minerals and waste plan timetable prepared by each other minerals and waste planning authority who are to prepare that plan.

(4)

Sections 15B(5) to (12), 15BA and 15LE apply in relation to a minerals and waste plan timetable as they apply in relation to a local plan timetable and for that purpose—

(a)

references to a local plan timetable are to be read as references to a minerals and waste plan timetable,

(b)

references to a local plan are to be read as references to a minerals and waste plan,

(c)

references to a local planning authority are to be read as references to a minerals and waste planning authority, and

(d)

references to a local planning authority’s area are to be read as references to a minerals and waste planning authority’s relevant area.

(5)

In this section “joint minerals and waste plan” means a minerals and waste plan prepared jointly by two or more minerals and waste planning authorities for their combined relevant areas under sections 15I and 15IA (as applied by section 15CB(8)).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 15A-15LH and cross-headings substituted for ss. 15-37 and cross-heading (3.3.2026 for the purpose of making regulations only, excluding ss. 15A-15AI, 15K and 15LE(2)(a)(b)(c)(k)(l)(3); 25.3.2026 in so far as not already in force for the insertion of ss. 15B(1)(2)(a)(c)-(i)(3)-(12), 15BA-15C, 15CA(1)-(6)(a)-(g)(i)(7)(8), 15CB-15EA, 15G-15HA, 15HC-15JB, 15L-15LD, 15LE(1)(2)(d)-(j)(m)-(p)(3)(4), 15LF-15LG and 15LH (in part), otherwise prosp.) by Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 7 (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, regs. 2, 3(b) (with Schs. 1, 2) (as amended by S.I. 2026/333, regs. 1(2), 2)

Notes on Part 2

Modifications

C1: Pt. 2 modified (temp.) (28.11.2008) by Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transitional Arrangements) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2867), regs. 1(1), 21(1), 23(2) (with reg. 1(2))
C2: Pt. 2 modified (25.3.2026) by The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Local Planning) (Modification and Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/170), regs. 1(2), 7
C3: Pt. 2 applied (25.3.2026) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/186), regs. 1(2), 78(8) (with Sch.)
C4: Pt. 2 modified (16.4.2026) by S.I. 2026/170, reg. 7A (as inserted by The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Local Planning) (Modification and Consequential Amendments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/350), regs. 1(2), 2)