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Regulation 33 Joint committees: corresponding documents and corresponding schemesF1

England and Wales

(1)

The period prescribed for the purposes of section 31(6) of the Act is 3 months starting with the day on which, pursuant to section 31(2) of the Act, the Secretary of State revokes the order made under section 29 of the Act.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (5), for the purposes of section 31(3) and (6) of the Act a corresponding document is a document which—

(a)

does not relate to any part of the area of the constituent authority M1 which requested the revocation of the order made under section 29 of the Act; and

(b)

with respect to the area of the successor authority, has substantially the same effect as the original local plan or supplementary planning document.

(3)

For the purposes of section 31(3) of the Act, a corresponding scheme is a scheme of a successor authority which—

(a)

specifies a document that is a corresponding document for the purposes of section 31(3) of the Act, but

(b)

does not specify the original local plan or supplementary planning document,

as a document which is to be a local plan or supplementary planning document.

(4)

In paragraph (3)(b) “original local plan or supplementary planning document” means a local plan or supplementary planning document prepared by the joint committee constituted by the order made under section 29 of the Act.

(5)

Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply where the constituent authority is a county council for which there is also a district council.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (25.3.2026) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/186), regs. 1(2), 90 (with Sch. and with savings in S.I. 2026/169, reg. 1(3), Sch. 1)

Marginal citations

M1

See section 29(3) of the Act.