Regulation 84 Joint supplementary plans: application of these Regulations

(1)

These Regulations apply in relation to a joint supplementary plan as they apply in relation to a supplementary plan.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)

the relevant authorities are to act jointly under the following provisions—

(i)

regulation 71 (conformity with operative spatial development strategy),

(ii)

regulation 75 (1) (withdrawal of a supplementary plan), and

(iii)

regulation 78 (revision of a supplementary plan),

(b)

each of the relevant authorities must comply with the following provisions—

(i)

the requirement to make available a notice of intention to commence supplementary plan preparation under regulation 68 (1),

(ii)

regulation 75 (2) (withdrawal of a supplementary plan),

(iii)

regulation 76 (adoption of supplementary plan), and

(iv)

regulation 77 (4) (revocation of a supplementary plan),

(c)

except in regulation 68 (1) (notice of intention to commence supplementary plan preparation), 75(2)(a) (withdrawal of a supplementary plan), 76(1)(a) (adoption of a supplementary plan) and 77(4)(a) (revocation of a supplementary plan), any reference in Part 6 to a requirement for a relevant plan-making authority or a planning authority to make a document available in accordance with regulation 88 must be read as a requirement for the relevant authorities to make that document available jointly in accordance with paragraph (4),

(d)

anything else (not referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c)) which may or must be done by a local planning authority or (as the case may be) a minerals and waste planning authority in connection with a supplementary plan may or is to be done in connection with the joint supplementary plan either—

(i)

by each of the relevant authorities, or

(ii)

by the relevant authorities acting jointly, and

(e)

anything which may or must be done in relation to a local planning authority or (as the case may be) a minerals and waste planning authority in connection with a supplementary plan is to be done in relation to each of the relevant authorities in connection with the joint supplementary plan.

(3)

Where each of the relevant authorities comply with regulation 70 (1) (consultation on the proposed supplementary plan)—

(a)

the authorities must do so on the same day,

(b)

each authority’s notice of proposed supplementary plan consultation must—

(i)

be consistent with the notice of proposed supplementary plan consultation of each other relevant authority, and

(ii)

specify each other relevant authority who are preparing the joint supplementary plan, and

(c)

each authority’s proposed supplementary plan submission documents must be consistent with the proposed supplementary plan submission documents of each other relevant authority.

(4)

A document is taken to be made available jointly by the relevant authorities when that document is—

(a)

published on—

(i)

each relevant authority’s website, or

(ii)

the relevant authorities’ website for the joint supplementary plan, and

(b)

made available for inspection, at the principal office of each relevant authority and at such other places within the area of each relevant authority as they consider appropriate, during normal office hours.

(5)

If a document is published in the manner referred to in paragraph (4)(a)(ii), each relevant authority must, no later than on the same day as that document is so published, publicise on their website details of where that document can be accessed on the website for the joint supplementary plan.