APPENDIX 3
The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) Regulations
2004
Summary of the requirements for consulting on Development Plan
Documents as set out in the Regulations:
Regulation 25: Pre-submission consultation
Before a local planning authority comply with regulation 26 they
must consult:
- Each of the specific consultation bodies to the extent that the
local authority thinks that the proposed subject matter of the
DPD
affects the
body. For example; regional bodies, government agencies and utility
providers.
- Other general consultation bodies which the local planning
authority consider appropriate
Regulation 26: Pre-submission public
participation
Before a local planning authority prepare and submit a
Development Plan Document to the Secretary of State they must:
- Publish the documents on their website
- Send copies of the documents to those bodies consulted under
regulation 25.
- Locally advertise that the documents are available for
inspection and the places and times at which they can be
inspected.
Regulation 27: Representations on proposals for a development
plan document
- Any person may make representations about a local planning
authority's proposals for a
DPD
.
- Any representations must be made within a period of 6
weeks
Regulation 28: Submission of documents and information to the
Secretary of State
As soon as possible after submitting the
DPD
to the Secretary of State
the local authority must:
- Publish the documents on their website
- Send copies of the documents to those bodies consulted under
regulation 25.
- Locally advertise that the documents are available for
inspection and the places and times at which they can be
inspected.
Regulation 29: Representations on development plan
documents
- Any person may make representations about a local planning
authority's proposals for a
DPD
.
- Any representations must be made within a period of 6
weeks
Summary of the requirements for consulting on Supplementary
Planning Documents as set out in the Regulations:
Regulation 17: Public participation
Before a local planning authority adopt an
SPD
they must:
- Make the
SPD
documents available
for inspection during office hours:
- At their principal office
- At other places within their area as the authority consider
appropriate
- the names of any persons whom the authority consulted in
connection with the preparation of the
SPD
- how those persons were consulted
- a summary of the main issues raised in those consultations
- how those issues have been addressed in the
SPD
- each of the specific consultation bodies to the extent the
local planning authority thinks that the proposed subject matter of
the
DPD
affects the
body. For example; regional bodies, government agencies and utility
providers.
- Other general consultation bodies which the local planning
authority consider appropriate.
- Locally advertise that the documents are available for
inspection and the places and times at which they can be
inspected.
Regulation 18: Representations on supplementary planning
documents
- Any person may make representations about an
SPD
.
- The authority should invite representations on
SPD
over a period of
between 4 and 6 weeks
Regulation 19: Adoption of supplementary planning
documents
As soon as possible after the local planning authority adopt
the
SPD
they
must:
- Make the
SPD
documents available
for inspection during office hours:
- At their principal office
- At other places within their area as the authority consider
appropriate
- Publish the documents on their website
- Send the adoption statement to any person who has asked to be
notified of the adoption of the
SPD
.