# The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 68: Notice of intention to commence supplementary plan preparation


(1) A relevant plan-making authority who are to prepare a supplementary plan must prepare, in connection with the preparation of a supplementary plan, and make available in accordance with regulation 88, a document to be known as their “notice of intention to commence supplementary plan preparation”.
(2) The notice of intention to commence supplementary plan preparation must contain the following information—
(a) the name of the relevant plan-making authority who have prepared the notice,
(b) the subject matter and geographical area, site or sites to which the supplementary plan is to relate,
(c) the title, if any, by which the relevant plan-making authority will refer to the supplementary plan, and
(d) the date on which the notice is made available under paragraph (1).
(3) A notice of intention to commence supplementary plan preparation prepared by a planning authority must set out details of where the authority’s local plan timetable or minerals and waste plan timetable is published.
(4) Where a planning authority are to prepare a joint supplementary plan, their notice of intention to commence supplementary plan preparation must specify each other authority who are to prepare that joint supplementary plan with them.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/regulation/68 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-68
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