# The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 81: Joint committees: corresponding plans and corresponding timetable


(1) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 15JB(6) of the Act is three months starting with the day on which, under section 15JB(2) of the Act, the Secretary of State revokes the regulations made under section 15J of the Act.
(2) For the purposes of section 15JB of the Act—
(a) a “corresponding plan”, in relation to a local plan, is a local plan which—
(i) does not relate to any part of the area of the constituent authority who requested the revocation of the regulations made under section 15J of the Act, and
(ii) has substantially the same effect as the original local plan, for the area of the successor authority;
(b) a “corresponding plan”, in relation to a supplementary plan, is a supplementary plan which—
(i) does not relate to any part of the area of the constituent authority who requested the revocation of the regulations made under section 15J of the Act, and
(ii) has substantially the same effect as the original supplementary plan, for any part of the area or at one or more specific sites in the area of the successor authority;
(c) a “corresponding timetable” is a local plan timetable of a successor authority which relates to a corresponding plan but does not relate to the original local plan or supplementary plan.
(3) But paragraph (2)(a)(i) and (b)(i) does not apply where the constituent authority who requested the revocation of the regulations made under section 15J of the Act is a county council for which there is also a district council.
(4) In this regulation—
“original local plan or supplementary plan” means a local plan or supplementary plan prepared by the joint committee constituted by the regulations made under section 15J of the Act;
“successor authority” has the same meaning as in section 15JB(4) of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/regulation/81 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-81
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