Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

[F1 Default powers exercisable by Mayor of London E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. A1 inserted (1.10.2016) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 11; S.I. 2016/733, reg. 4(1)(e)

1 E+W If the Secretary of State—

(a) thinks that a London borough council, in their capacity as local planning authority, are failing or omitting to do anything it is necessary for them to do in connection with the preparation, revision or adoption of a development plan document, and

(b) invites the Mayor of London to prepare or revise the document,

the Mayor of London may prepare or revise (as the case may be) the development plan document.

2 (1) This paragraph applies where a development plan document is prepared or revised by the Mayor of London under paragraph 1. E+W

(2) The Mayor of London must hold an independent examination.

(3) The Mayor of London—

(a) must publish the recommendations and reasons of the person appointed to hold the examination, and

(b) may also give directions to the council in relation to publication of those recommendations and reasons.

(4) The Mayor of London may—

(a) approve the document, or approve it subject to specified modifications, as a local development document, or

(b) direct the council to consider adopting the document by resolution of the council as a local development document.

3 (1) Subsections (4) to (7C) of section 20 apply to an examination held under paragraph 2(2)— E+W

(a) with the reference to the local planning authority in subsection (7C) of that section being read as a reference to the Mayor of London, and

(b) with the omission of subsections (5)(c), (7)(b)(ii) and (7B)(b).

(2) The Mayor of London must give reasons for anything he does in pursuance of paragraph 1 or 2(4).

(3) The council must reimburse the Mayor of London—

(a) for any expenditure that the Mayor incurs in connection with anything which is done by him under paragraph 1 and which the council failed or omitted to do as mentioned in that paragraph;

(b) for any expenditure that the Mayor incurs in connection with anything which is done by him under paragraph 2(2).

[F2 (4) In the case of a joint local development document or a joint development plan document, the Mayor may apportion liability for the expenditure on such basis as the Mayor thinks just between the councils for whom the document has been prepared.]]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. A1 para. 3(4) inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 16.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 c. 20, s. 9(10), s. 46(3); S.I. 2018/38, reg. 2(b)