The Town and Country Planning (Regional Planning) (England) Regulations 2004

Proposed changes

16.—(1) Where, in accordance with section 9(3), the Secretary of State publishes proposed changes to the draft revision, he must—

(a) send to the submission consultees, and to any other person who has made representations on the draft revision in accordance with regulation 13(4) and not withdrawn those representations—

(i) copies of the proposed changes and a statement of his reasons for proposing them, and

(ii) notice of the proposed changes matters; and

(b) publish on his website–

(i) the proposed changes and statement of reasons,

(ii) the proposed changes matters, and

(iii) a statement that the changes and statement of reasons are available for inspection and of the places and times at which they can be inspected; and

(c) send to any person who requested to be notified of the publication by the Secretary of State of any proposed changes—

(i) a notice of the proposed changes matters, and

(ii) a statement that the changes and statement of reasons are available for inspection and of the places and times at which they can be inspected.

(2) When the Secretary of State has complied with paragraph (1)–

(a) the RPB must—

(i) make copies of the changes and statement of reasons and the proposed changes matters available for inspection during office hours at the places at which the draft revision documents were made available under regulation 13(1); and

(ii) publish on its website–

(aa) the proposed changes and statement of reasons,

(bb) the proposed changes matters, and

(cc) a statement that the proposed changes and statement of reasons are available for inspection in accordance with paragraph (a) and of the places and times at which they can be inspected; and

(b) each authority or council to which regulation 13(2) applies must make available for inspection during office hours at their principal office—

(i) copies of the proposed changes and statement of reasons, and

(ii) the proposed changes matters.

(3) Representations on the proposed changes must be—

(a) made within the period, and

(b) sent to the address and , where appropriate, the person ,

specified pursuant to paragraph (1).

(4) The period referred to in paragraph (3)(a) must not be less than 8 weeks starting on the day the Secretary of State publishes his proposed changes under section 9(3).

(5) The Secretary of State is not required to have regard to a representation on a draft revision unless that representation is made in accordance with paragraph (3).