# The Requirement to Assist with Certain Plan Making (Prescribed Public Bodies) (England) Regulations 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 39A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) (“the Act”), as inserted by section 100 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), established a power for a plan-making authority to notify a prescribed public body in writing that the authority requires the body to assist the authority in relation to the preparation or revision of a relevant plan under section 39A(5) of the Act by the authority. Where this power is exercised, the prescribed public body must do everything that the plan-making authority reasonably requires of the body to assist the authority in relation to the preparation or revision of the relevant plan.
These Regulations prescribe the persons and bodies who are a “prescribed public body” for the purposes of section 39A of the Act and therefore can be subject to a notification under section 39A(1) requiring assistance in relation to the preparation of a relevant plan.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment under the Better Regulation Framework has not been produced for this instrument. The Regulatory Impact Assessment for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 provides analysis of the primary legislative measures from which the measures set out in this instrument derive. Copies can be obtained at https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0169/LevellingUpandRegenerationBillImpactAssessment.pdf or from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF. The Annexes to that document can be obtained at https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0169/LevellingUpandRegenerationBillImpactAssessmentAnnexes.pdf or from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/188/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/requirement-to-assist-with-certain-plan-making-prescribed-public-bodies-england-regulations-2026/note
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