In section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972 (disqualifications for election and holding office as member of local authority), after subsection (2AA) insert—

“(2AB)

A person who is employed by or under the direction of a strategic planning panel is disqualified for being elected or being a member of a local authority which is a constituent local planning authority in relation to that panel (within the meaning of paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 2A to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004).”