Part 2

Local development

General

Regulations and standards
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1
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision in connection with the exercise by any person of functions under this Part.
2
The regulations may in particular make provision as to—
a
the procedure to be followed by the local planning authority in carrying out the appraisal under section 19;
b
the procedure to be followed in the preparation of local development documents;
c
requirements about the giving of notice and publicity;
d
requirements about inspection by the public of a local development document or any other document;
e
the nature and extent of consultation with and participation by the public in anything done under this Part;
f
the making of representations about any matter to be included in a local development document;
g
consideration of any such representations;
h
the remuneration and allowances payable to a person appointed to carry out an independent examination under section 20;
i
the determination of the time at which anything must be done for the purposes of this Part;
j
the manner of publication of any draft, report or other document published under this Part;
k
monitoring the exercise by local planning authorities of their functions under this Part;
l
the making of reasonable charges for the provision of copies of documents required by or under this Part.
3
The Secretary of State may from time to time publish data standards for—
a
local development schemes,
b
local development documents, or
c
local development documents of a particular kind.
4
For this purpose a “data standard” is a written standard which contains technical specifications for a scheme or document or the data contained in a scheme or document.
5
A local planning authority must comply with the data standards published under subsection (3) in preparing, publishing, maintaining or revising a scheme or document to which the standards apply.
S. 36 in force at 6.8.2004 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/2097, art. 2
S. 36 in force at 28.9.2004 for E. so far as not already in force by S.I. 2004/2202, art. 2(b)
Pt. 2 modified (temp.) (28.11.2008) by Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transitional Arrangements) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2867), regs. 1(1), 21(1), 23(2) (with reg. 1(2))
S. 36(3)-(5) inserted (19.7.2017) by Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20), ss. 11(3), 46(1); S.I. 2017/767, reg. 2(c)
Words in s. 36 heading inserted (19.7.2017) by Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20), ss. 11(2), 46(1); S.I. 2017/767, reg. 2(c)