Duty to prepare a Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy and Delivery Plan2.
(1)
A local authority must, in accordance with this Order, prepare, publish and update—
(a)
a local heat and energy efficiency strategy, and
(b)
a local heat and energy efficiency delivery plan.
(2)
A local authority must publish its first local heat and energy efficiency strategy and its first local heat and energy efficiency delivery plan on or before 31 December 2023.
(3)
A local authority must—
(a)
keep its local heat and energy efficiency strategy and its local heat and energy efficiency delivery plan under review,
(b)
publish an updated local heat and energy efficiency strategy at intervals of no more than 5 years after the date of publication of the previous strategy,
(c)
publish an updated local heat and energy efficiency delivery plan at intervals of no more than 5 years after the date of publication of the previous delivery plan.
(4)
A local authority must have regard to the guidance issued under article 5 when preparing its local heat and energy efficiency strategy and its local heat and energy efficiency delivery plan.