Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

Planning blight: structure plans

21 (1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 13 to the planning Act (blighted land) shall apply with the omission of Notes (2), (5A) and (7) and as modified by sub-paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2) References to a structure plan in force for the district in which land is situated are to be read as if they were references to a structure plan in force where that land is situated by virtue of Part IA of Schedule 2 to the planning Act.

(3) Note (1) to that paragraph shall apply as if—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “inspection” there were inserted “before 1st April 1996” and at the end there were added “and not withdrawn before that date”;

(b) after that paragraph there were inserted—

“(aa) modified structure plan proposals made available for inspection under that section as it is applied by virtue of Part III of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;”;

(c) in paragraph (b), after “published” there were inserted “either before 1st April 1996” and at the end there were added “or after that date in accordance with regulations or a direction made by virtue of that Part of that Schedule”.

(4) Note (3) to that paragraph shall apply as if, after paragraph (b), there were inserted— “or

(c) copies of the unitary development plan for the area in which the land is situated have been made available under section 13(2).”.

(5) Note (4) to that paragraph shall apply as if at the end there were added “or paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994”.

(6) In Note (5) to that paragraph—

(a) the reference to a local plan is to be read as if it were a reference to—

(i) a local plan within the meaning of paragraph 4 of Part IA of Schedule 2 to the planning Act; or

(ii) a modified plan in force where that land is situated; and

(b) any reference to a district for which a local plan is in operation is to be read as if it were a reference to the area in which the plan mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) is in force by virtue of Part IA of Schedule 2 to the planning Act.