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Housing and Planning Act 1986

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41Local plans and unitary development plans

(1)In Part II of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (development plans), the sections set out in Part I of Schedule 10 are substituted, except as to Greater London, for sections 10C to 15B (local plans), the main changes being—

(a)to provide for the coordination by county planning authorities, in conjunction with the district planning authorities, of the process of making, altering, repealing or replacing local plans ;

(b)to provide a short procedure for altering a local plan where the issues are not of sufficient importance to warrant the full procedure : and

(c)to enable the Secretary of State to direct a local planning authority to reconsider proposals for making, altering, repealing or replacing a local plan ; and

(d)to omit provisions which are spent in consequence of the approval of structure plans for the whole of England and Wales.

(2)The substituted sections have effect in relation to metropolitan counties until the coming into force of Part I of Schedule 1 to the [1985 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1985 (unitary development plans), but subject to the provisions of Part II of that Schedule.

(3)Part I of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1985 (unitary development plans) is amended in accordance with Part II of Schedule 10 to this Act, so as to—

(a)provide a short procedure for altering a unitary development plan where the issues are not of sufficient importance to warrant the full procedure ; and

(b)enable the Secretary of State to direct a local planning authority to reconsider proposals for making, altering or replacing a unitary development plan.

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