Regulation 27 Consultation on the proposed local plan

No earlier than on the day after the date on which a local planning authority publish, in accordance with section 15CA(5) of the Act, observations or advice received under section 15CA(3) and regulation 26, 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 submission documents.

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

In this regulation—

• “notice of proposed local plan consultation” means a notice specifying—

  1. (a)

     details of where the proposed local plan submission documents made available in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) are available for inspection and of the places and times at which they can be inspected,

  2. (b)

     the date on or before which representations about the proposed local plan submission documents must be received by the local planning authority, which must be a date not less than eight weeks from the date on which the notice is published,

  3. (c)

     the address to which representations about the proposed local plan submission documents may be made, and

  4. (d)

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

     3. (iii)

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

     4. (iv)

        a decision 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;

     5. (v)

        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);

     6. (vi)

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

     7. (vii)

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

• “proposed local plan submission documents” means the following documents—

  1. (a)

     the local planning authority’s proposed local plan;

  2. (b)

     the local planning authority’s map of proposed local plan policies;

  3. (c)

     a document setting out details of the evidence which the local planning authority has gathered to support the proposed local plan;

  4. (d)

     a statement setting out—

     1. (i)

        the general consultation bodies and the specific consultation bodies who were invited to make representations under regulation 20 (scoping consultation) and regulation 23 (consultation on proposed local plan content and evidence),

     2. (ii)

        the manner by which those invited bodies were asked to make any representations,

     3. (iii)

        a summary of the main issues raised by those representations, and

     4. (iv)

        how those main issues have been addressed in the proposed local plan;

  5. (e)

     such supporting documents as the local planning authority consider relevant to the preparation of the proposed local plan.