Preparation of timetable
7.—(1) A council must prepare, and keep under review a timetable for the preparation and adoption of the council’s local development plan.
(2) The council and the Department must attempt to agree the terms of the timetable mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) But to the extent that the Department and the council cannot agree the terms the Department may direct that the timetable must be in the terms specified in the direction.
(4) The council must comply with the direction.
(5) The Department may prescribe—
(a)the procedure in respect of the preparation of the timetable mentioned in subsection (1);
(b)the form and content of the timetable;
(c)the time at which any step in the preparation of the timetable must be taken;
(d)publicity about the timetable;
(e)making the timetable available for inspection by the public;
(f)circumstances in which the requirements of the timetable need not be complied with.