Regulation 23 Consultation on proposed local plan content and evidence

No earlier than on the day after the date on which a local planning authority make their summary of scoping consultation available under regulation 22(3), the authority must—

The persons specified in this paragraph are—

Any person may make representations to a local planning authority about the proposed local plan content and evidence.

Any representations made under this regulation must be received by the local planning authority by the date specified in the notice of plan content and evidence consultation.

In this regulation—

• “notice of plan content and evidence consultation” means a notice specifying—

  1. (a)

     details of where the proposed local plan content and evidence made available in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) and regulation 88 is available for inspection and of the places and times at which it can be inspected,

  2. (b)

     the date on or before which representations about the proposed local plan content and evidence must be received by the local planning authority, which must be a date not less than six weeks from the date on which the notice is published,

  3. (c)

     the address to which representations about the proposed local plan content and evidence may be made, and

  4. (d)

     that representations about the proposed local plan content and evidence may be accompanied by a request to be notified at a specified address when one or more of the following steps occur—

     1. (i)

        the publication of observations or advice under section 15CA(5) of the Act;

     2. (ii)

        the making available of the proposed local plan submission documents under regulation 27(1)(b) (consultation on the proposed local plan);

     3. (iii)

        the submission of the proposed local plan to the Secretary of State for independent examination under section 15D(1) of the Act;

     4. (iv)

        the making available of the matters specified in regulation 35(2) in accordance with regulation 35(1)(a) (independent examination: local plans);

     5. (v)

        a decision of the examiner under section 15D(7) of the Act that the examination under that section is to be paused under section 15DA of the Act for further work to be carried out;

     6. (vi)

        the publication under section 15DA(7) of the Act of the document and any evidence which is sent to the examiner under section 15DA(6);

     7. (vii)

        the publication of the recommendations and reasons of the examiner received under section 15D or section 15DA of the Act, in accordance with section 15D(13) or section 15DA(10);

     8. (viii)

        the adoption or approval of the local plan under Part 2 of the Act;

• “proposed local plan content and evidence” means a document setting out—

  1. (a)

     a proposed vision for the future of the local planning authority’s area and proposed measurable outcomes,

  2. (b)

     any proposed aims and objectives of the local planning authority for the period of the local plan, including the approach that the authority propose to take to achieve the proposed vision for the future of the authority’s area,

  3. (c)

     a summary of the local planning authority’s proposed approach in relation to policies of the kind mentioned in section 15C(3) and (4)(a) of the Act, in particular policies relating to the location of development in the authority’s area,

  4. (d)

     where the local planning authority’s notice of intention to commence local plan preparation specified under regulation 19(4) that their local plan is to incorporate all or part of their minerals and waste plan, a summary of the authority’s proposed approach in relation to policies of the kind mentioned in section 15CB(2) and (3)(a) of the Act, in particular policies relating to the location of minerals and waste development^f1 in the authority’s relevant area,

  5. (e)

     details of the evidence that the local planning authority has gathered to support the local plan, if any, and a summary of the further evidence that the authority intends to gather in this respect, and

  6. (f)

     such supporting information relating to the proposed local plan as the local planning authority consider appropriate.