# The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 72: Submission of documents and information for independent examination: supplementary plans


(1) The documents prescribed for the purposes of section 15DB(4) of the Act are—
(a) a map of proposed supplementary plan policies, where the relevant plan-making authority are a planning authority to whom regulation 69 applies,
(b) a statement to be known as a “supplementary plan compliance statement” setting out—
(i) where a spatial development strategy is operative in relation to the area or a site to which the proposed supplementary plan relates, how the relevant plan-making authority have prepared the plan to be in general conformity with that strategy, in accordance with section 15CC(7) of the Act,
(ii) how the relevant plan-making authority have had regard to the matters set out in section 15CC(8) of the Act and regulation 16,
(iii) how the relevant plan-making authority have complied with section 15CC(9) of the Act,
(iv) how the relevant plan-making authority have complied with regulations 68 (notice of intention to commence supplementary plan preparation) and 70 (consultation on the proposed supplementary plan),
(v) where the proposed supplementary plan has been prepared under section 15CC(3)(a) or (b) or (5)(a) or (b) of the Act and relates to two or more specific sites in the relevant plan-making authority’s area, how the authority consider those sites to be nearby to each other,
(c) a statement to be known as a “supplementary plan consultation statement” setting out—
(i) a summary of the consultation and engagement activities carried out by the relevant plan-making authority in preparing their proposed supplementary plan,
(ii) where the relevant plan-making authority is a planning authority, the general consultation bodies and specific consultation bodies who were invited to make representations under regulation 70(1)(d) (consultation on the proposed supplementary plan),
(iii) where the relevant plan-making authority is the Mayor of London, the Mayoral general consultation bodies and the Mayoral specific consultation bodies who were invited to make representations under regulation 70(2)(d) (consultation on the proposed supplementary plan),
(iv) where the relevant plan-making authority carried out a consultation in connection with the proposed supplementary plan in addition to when they were required to do so under regulation 70 (consultation on the proposed supplementary plan), the persons who were invited to make representations as part of that consultation,
(v) the manner by which the persons specified in paragraph (ii) or (iii), and (as the case may be) (iv), were asked to make any representations,
(vi) a summary of the main issues raised in representations made in response to each consultation held in connection with the proposed supplementary plan, and
(vii) how those main issues have been addressed in the proposed supplementary plan,
(d) where the relevant plan-making authority is a planning authority to whom regulation 71 (conformity with operative spatial development management strategy) applies and representations were made under that regulation, copies of those representations, and
(e) such supporting documents as the relevant plan-making authority consider relevant to the preparation of the supplementary plan.
(2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after a relevant plan-making authority submit a supplementary plan for independent examination under section 15DB(1) of the Act, the authority must—
(a) publish on their website a statement confirming the date on which the supplementary plan was submitted for independent examination,
(b) make available in accordance with regulation 88—
(i) a copy of the proposed supplementary plan,
(ii) a copy of each of the documents referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation, and
(iii) 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
(c) notify each person who requested to be notified of the submission of the supplementary plan for independent examination under section 15DB of the Act that—
(i) the proposed supplementary plan has been submitted for independent examination, and
(ii) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/regulation/72 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-72
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