Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

72 Joint local development plans

(1) Two or more local planning authorities may agree to prepare a joint local development plan.

(2) This Part applies for the purposes of the preparation, revision, adoption, withdrawal and revocation of a joint local development plan as it applies for the purposes of the preparation, revision, adoption, withdrawal and revocation of a local development plan.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) anything which must be done by or in relation to a local planning authority in connection with a local development plan must be done by or in relation to each of the authorities mentioned in subsection (1) in connection with a joint local development plan.

(4) Subsections (5) to (7) apply if a local planning authority withdraw from an agreement mentioned in subsection (1).

(5) Any step taken in relation to the plan must be treated as a step taken by—

(a) an authority which was a party to the agreement for the purposes of any corresponding plan prepared by them;

(b) two or more other authorities who were parties to the agreement for the purposes of any corresponding joint local development plan.

(6) Any independent examination of a local development plan to which the agreement relates must be suspended.

(7) If before the end of the period prescribed for the purposes of this subsection an authority which was a party to the agreement requests the Assembly to do so it may direct that—

(a) the examination is resumed in relation to the corresponding plan;

(b) any step taken for the purposes of the suspended examination has effect for the purposes of the resumed examination.

(8) A joint local development plan is a local development plan prepared jointly by two or more local planning authorities.