# The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 79: Joint local plans and minerals and waste plan documents: corresponding plans


(1) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 15IB(4) of the Act is three months beginning with—
(a) in relation to a joint local plan agreement, the day on which a local planning authority who is a party to the agreement withdraw from it;
(b) in relation to a joint minerals and waste plan document agreement, the day on which a minerals and waste planning authority who is a party to the agreement withdraw from it;
(c) in relation to a joint local plan direction or a joint minerals and waste plan document direction, the day on which the direction is withdrawn or modified by the Secretary of State under section 15IB(1)(b) or (c) of the Act.
(2) For the purposes of section 15IB of the Act, a “corresponding local plan or minerals and waste plan document” is a local plan prepared by a local planning authority or a minerals and waste plan document prepared by a minerals and waste planning authority which—
(a) does not relate to any part of the area of any other local planning authority or minerals and waste planning authority to which the original joint local plan or original joint minerals and waste plan document related, and
(b) has substantially the same effect as the original joint local plan or original joint minerals and waste plan document, for the area of the local planning authority or the minerals and waste planning authority who prepared it.
(3) For the purposes of section 15IB of the Act, a “corresponding joint local plan or minerals and waste plan document” is a local plan prepared jointly by two or more local planning authorities or a minerals and waste plan document prepared jointly by two or more minerals and waste planning authorities which—
(a) does not relate to any part of the area of any other local planning authority or minerals and waste planning authority to which the original joint local plan or original joint minerals and waste document plan related, and
(b) has substantially the same effect as the original joint local plan or original joint minerals and waste plan document, for the areas of the local planning authorities or minerals and waste planning authorities who prepared it.
(4) In this regulation—
“joint minerals and waste plan document agreement” means an agreement between two or more minerals and waste planning authorities to prepare a joint minerals and waste plan document under section 15I(2) of the Act;
“joint minerals and waste plan document direction” means a direction given by the Secretary of State under section 15I(3) of the Act to two or more minerals and waste planning authorities to prepare a joint minerals and waste plan document;
“original joint local plan” means a joint local plan prepared in accordance with the joint local plan agreement mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or the joint local plan direction mentioned in paragraph (1)(c);
“original joint minerals and waste plan document” means a joint minerals and waste plan document prepared in accordance with the joint minerals and waste plan document agreement mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) or the joint minerals and waste plan document direction mentioned in paragraph (1)(c).
(5) In this regulation, references to the area of a minerals and waste planning authority are to be read as references to the authority’s relevant area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/regulation/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-79
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