# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Section 15EA: Adoption of local plan or supplementary plan


(1) Where the person appointed to carry out the independent examination of a local plan recommends that the plan as originally prepared is adopted, the local planning authority may adopt it—
(a) as originally prepared, or
(b) with modifications that (taken together) do not materially affect its contents.
(2) Where the person appointed to carry out the independent examination of a local plan recommends that the plan is adopted with modifications, the local planning authority may adopt it—
(a) with those modifications, or
(b) with those modifications, along with further modifications if the further modifications (taken together) do not materially affect its contents.
(3) Where the person appointed to carry out the independent examination of a supplementary plan recommends that the plan as originally prepared is adopted, the relevant plan-making authority may adopt it—
(a) as originally prepared, or
(b) with modifications that (taken together) do not materially affect its contents.
(4) Where the person appointed to carry out the independent examination of a supplementary plan recommends that the plan is adopted with modifications, the relevant plan-making authority may adopt it—
(a) with those modifications, or
(b) with those modifications, along with further modifications if the further modifications (taken together) do not materially affect its contents.
(5) An authority must not adopt a local plan or supplementary plan unless they do so in accordance with subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4).
(6) A plan is adopted by a local planning authority, or a minerals and waste planning authority, if it is adopted by a resolution of the authority.
(7) The Mayor of London adopts a supplementary plan by publishing it, together with a statement that the plan is to have effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/section/15EA (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/section-15EA
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