34Withdrawal of proposals for alteration and replacement of structure plans
(1)Proposals for the alteration or repeal and replacement of a structure plan submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval may be withdrawn by the local planning authority submitting them by a notice given to the Secretary of State at any time before he has approved them.
(2)Proposals which are so withdrawn shall be treated as never having been submitted.
(3)On the withdrawal of such proposals, the authority preparing them shall also withdraw the copies of the proposals which they have made available for inspection in accordance with section 33(3), and shall give notice that the proposals have been withdrawn to every person who has made an objection to them.
(4)In determining the steps to be taken by them to secure the purposes of paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 33(1), the local planning authority preparing such proposals may take into account any steps taken to secure those purposes in connection with any other such proposals which either were not submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval or were so submitted and then withdrawn.
(5)The authority submitting for approval by the Secretary of State proposals in the case of which they have taken any steps into account by virtue of subsection (4) shall give particulars of those steps in their statement to him under subsection (5) of section 33 and the Secretary of State may treat the steps as having been taken by them in connection with those proposals in determining under subsection (6) of that section whether he is satisfied as there mentioned.