Explanatory note

This Order makes transitional provisions consequential upon the Local Government Act 1972, in relation to development plans made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972 (c. 42)).

The Order provides, inter alia, for—

(a) the continuity of development plans,

(b) the custody of sealed copies of development plans,

(c) the custody of structure and local plan registers, and

(d) the distribution of copies of the documents referred to in (b) and (c) above, to other local planning authorities affected.

The Order makes special provision for the case where the area of a former county or county borough is, from 1st April 1974, included within the areas of two or more new county planning authorities. It provides that proposals for amendment of a development plan submitted to the Secretary of State shall be deemed to have been submitted by the new county planning authorities in so far as they relate to land within their area, and that structure plans submitted for approval shall be deemed to have been submitted jointly by the new authorities concerned.