Regulation 31 Gateway 3: prescribed requirements assessment by an appointed person

at the time that the local planning authority consider that the requirements prescribed by regulation 32 are met in relation to their proposed local plan, and

in any event, no earlier than on the day after the date on which the local planning authority make their summary of consultation on the proposed local plan available under regulation 30(3).

set out the conclusion of the appointed person as to whether each requirement prescribed by regulation 32 is met or (as the case may be) not met in relation to the proposed local plan,

contain a reasoned justification for each conclusion, and

be sent to the local planning authority by way of electronic communications and the textual content must be set out in typescript.

make the observations or advice available in accordance with regulation 88,

notify each person who requested to be notified of the publication of observations or advice under section 15CA(5) of the Act and such other persons as the authority consider appropriate that the observations or advice are published, and

send a copy of the observations or advice to each person identified or referred to in the observations or advice.

a gateway 3 completion statement, and

the gateway 3 submission documents.