Regulation 34 Submission of documents and information to the Secretary of State
The documents prescribed for the purposes of section 15D(2) of the Act are—
the local planning authority’s map of proposed local plan policies,
a gateway 3 completion statement,
a statement setting out a summary of the consultation and engagement activities carried out by the local planning authority in preparing their proposed local plan,
the local planning authority’s summary of consultation on the proposed local plan,
where regulation 28 (conformity with operative spatial development strategy) applies to the local planning authority and representations were made under that regulation, copies of those representations,
a statement of compliance,
a statement of soundness,
where an environmental report has been prepared in accordance with regulation 12 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004, a copy of that report,
where the local planning authority have determined under regulation 9 (1) of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 that the proposed local plan is unlikely to have significant environmental effects (and, accordingly, does not require an environmental assessment), a copy of the statement of its reasons for the determination prepared under regulation 9 (3) of those Regulations, and
such supporting documents as the local planning authority consider necessary to demonstrate that it would be reasonable for the examiner to conclude that their proposed local plan is sound.
As soon as is reasonably practicable after a local planning authority submit their proposed local plan to the Secretary of State for independent examination, the authority must—
publish on their website a statement confirming the date on which the proposed local plan was submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination,
make available in accordance with regulation 88—
a copy of the proposed local plan,
a copy of each of the documents referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation, and
a statement of the, fact that the documents referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are available for inspection and of the places and times at which they can be inspected, and
notify each person who requested to be notified of the submission of the proposed local plan to the Secretary of State for independent examination and such other persons as the authority consider appropriate that—
the proposed local plan has been submitted to the Secretary of State, and
the documents referred to in sub-paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) are available for inspection and of the places and times at which they can be inspected.