Part II
Chapter I

Unitary Development Plans: Metropolitan Areas including London

Joint plans

Unitary development plans for National Parks in Wales.
23B
1
A unitary development plan shall be prepared for each National Park in Wales.
2
A Welsh National Park development plan shall relate to an area prescribed in relation to the National Park in question by order made by the Secretary of State.
3
The prescribed area in relation to a National Park which falls wholly within, but does not comprise the whole of, the area of a single local planning authority shall be—
a
where the local planning authority have so elected, the whole of the area of the local planning authority; and
b
in any other case—
i
the whole of the area of the National Park; or
ii
a composite area.
4
The prescribed area in relation to any other Welsh National Park shall be—
a
the whole of the area of the National Park; or
b
a composite area.
5
For the purposes of this section and section 23C, “
composite area
”, in relation to a National Park, means an area which consists of the whole of the Park together with any one or more other areas in Wales.
6
The Secretary of State shall not under subsection (2) prescribe an area which is a composite area except with the consent of every local planning authority in whose area the prescribed area or any part of it would fall.
7
Any order made by the Secretary of State under subsection (2) may make such saving or transitional provision as he considers appropriate.
8
Where, by an order under subsection (2), the Secretary of State prescribes a composite area which comprises or includes part only of the area of a local planning authority, the provisions of this Chapter shall apply in relation to—
a
the Welsh National Park development plan in question, or
b
any proposals for its alteration or replacement,
subject to such modifications, if any, as may be prescribed by the order.
9
Subsections (3) and (4) of section 10A do not apply for the purposes of—
a
subsection (3) or (8) of this section, or
b
section 23C(1), (2) or (4).
10
For the purposes of this Act, “
Welsh National Park development plan
” means a unitary development plan prepared for a National Park in Wales.
Pt. II Ch. I (ss. 10-28): power to apply conferred (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 67(2)(a)(4), 125(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
Pt. II Ch. 1 (ss. 10-28) amended (1.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1210, art. 6(2)
Ss. 23A-23C inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 4 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2
Pt. 2 (ss. 10-54A) repealed (6.8.2004 for certain purposes, 28.9.2004 for. E and 15.10.2005 for W.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 120, 121, Sch. 9 (with s. 111); S.I. 2004/2097, art. 2, S.I. 2004/2202, {art. 2(k)}, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 4, Sch. 2); S.I. 2005/2847, art. 2(g), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 3, Sch. 2); and ss. 12(3A), 31(3), 36(3) modified (1.4.2010) by S.I. 2010/490, reg. 39(2)
S. 23B ceased to have effect (W.) (30.4.2005) by virtue of The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1229), art. 3(c) (with art. 4) (which savings were revoked in part by S.I. 2005/2722, arts. 4, 5(2), Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2006/842, art. 2))