# The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 46: Gateway 1: self-assessment of readiness for minerals and waste plan document preparation


(1) A minerals and waste planning authority must prepare, in connection with the preparation of their minerals and waste plan document, a document to be known as their “self-assessment summary”.
(2) The self-assessment summary must set out details relating to the following—
(a) the minerals and waste planning authority’s minerals and waste plan timetable, including whether the authority has published a timetable which complies with the requirements in sections 15B and 15BB of the Act and Part 2 of these Regulations,
(b) the minerals and waste planning authority’s project management and governance arrangements for the preparation of their minerals and waste plan document,
(c) the minerals and waste planning authority’s proposed approach to consultation and engagement in preparing their minerals and waste plan document,
(d) the anticipated content of the minerals and waste planning authority’s minerals and waste plan document, and
(e) any obligation arising under Part 2 and Part 3 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004.
(3) A minerals and waste planning authority must make their self-assessment summary available in accordance with regulation 88 no earlier than the later of—
(a) the first day after the period of four months beginning with the date on which the authority make available their notice of intention to commence minerals and waste plan document preparation under regulation 44(1), or
(b) the day the date specified in the notice of scoping consultation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/regulation/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-46
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