Planning (Wales) Act 2026

21 Preparation of plan: procedure and delivery agreement

(1) A plan-making authority must prepare its plan in accordance with—

(a) the procedure specified in regulations, and

(b) the delivery agreement for the plan.

(2) The delivery agreement for the plan consists of—

(a) the timetable for the preparation and adoption of the plan, and

(b) the authority’s community involvement scheme.

(3) The authority’s community involvement scheme is a statement of its policies for the involvement in the preparation of the plan of persons who are listed in the scheme.

(4) The persons listed in the community involvement scheme—

(a) must include the persons specified in regulations;

(b) may include any other persons the plan-making authority considers to have an interest in matters relating to the development and use of land in its area.

(5) The plan-making authority and the Welsh Ministers must attempt to agree the terms of the delivery agreement for the plan.

(6) But to the extent that they cannot agree the terms, the Welsh Ministers may direct that the delivery agreement must be in the terms specified in the direction.

(7) The plan-making authority must comply with the direction.

(8) Regulations may specify—

(a) the procedure to be followed in preparing a delivery agreement;

(b) circumstances in which the requirements of a delivery agreement need not be complied with.