Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

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[F1[F27D(1)Subsections (4) to (7C) of section 20 apply to an examination held under paragraph 7C(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 upper-tier county council, and

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

(2)The upper-tier county council must give reasons for anything they do in pursuance of paragraph 7B or 7C(4).

(3)The lower-tier planning authority must reimburse the upper-tier county council—

(a)for any expenditure that the upper-tier county council incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 7B and which the lower-tier planning authority failed or omitted to do as mentioned in that paragraph;

(b)for any expenditure that the upper-tier county council incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 7C(2).

(4)In the case of a joint local development document or a joint development plan document, the upper-tier council may apportion liability for the expenditure on such basis as the council considers just between the authorities for whom the document has been prepared.]]

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