{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/186",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Pause of independent examination for further work",
  "text": "(1) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 15DA(3)(b) of the Act (the pause period), in relation to the examination of a local plan, is six months.\n(2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a notification under section 15DA(2) of the Act, the local planning authority must notify each person who requested to be so notified of the decision of the examiner under section 15D(7) of the Act.\n(3) A local planning authority must comply with section 15DA(7) of the Act as soon as is reasonably practicable after complying with section 15DA(6).\n(4) When a local planning authority comply with section 15DA(7) of the Act, the authority must on the same day—\n(a) make the document and evidence sent to the examiner under section 15DA(6) of the Act available in accordance with regulation 88, and\n(b) notify each person to whom notification was sent in accordance with paragraph (2) that the document and evidence are available for inspection and of the places and times at which they can be inspected.\n(5) A local planning authority must comply with section 15DA(10) of the Act as soon as is reasonably practicable after receipt of the recommendations and reasons of the examiner under section 15DA(8).\n(6) When a local planning authority comply with section 15DA(10) of the Act, the authority must on the same day—\n(a) make the recommendations and reasons of the examiner available in accordance with regulation 88, and\n(b) notify each person to whom notification was sent in accordance with paragraph (2) that the recommendations and reasons of the examiner are available for inspection and of the places and times at which they can be inspected.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:31.026098+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}