Part 6

Wales

Strategic planning by corporate joint committees

Corporate joint committee areas: strategic development plans
60M
1
A corporate joint committee must prepare a plan for its area to be known as a strategic development plan.
2
The plan must set out—
a
the committee's objectives in relation to the development and use of land in its area;
b
the committee's policies for the implementation of those objectives.
3
The plan must be in general conformity with the National Development Framework for Wales.
4
The plan must specify the period for which it is to have effect.
5
The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about—
a
the period that may be specified under subsection (4);
b
the form and content of the plan.
6
In preparing its plan the committee must have regard to—
a
current national policies;
b
the National Development Framework for Wales;
c
any strategic development plan for an area that adjoins the committee's area;
d
the local development plan for each area all or part of which is included in the committee's area;
e
the resources likely to be available for implementing the plan;
f
any other matters prescribed by the Welsh Ministers in regulations.
7
The committee must also—
a
carry out an appraisal of the sustainability of the plan;
b
prepare a report of the findings of the appraisal.
8
The appraisal must include an assessment of the likely effects of the plan on the use of the Welsh language in the area.
9
A plan is a strategic development plan only in so far as it is—
a
adopted by resolution of the corporate joint committee as its strategic development plan, or
b
approved by the Welsh Ministers under section 65 or 71 (as they apply by virtue of section 60N).
10
The plan ceases to be a strategic development plan on the expiry of the period specified under subsection (4).
Pt. 6 applied (21.1.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 74(4), 175(1)(e)
Ss. 60K-60N and cross-heading inserted (21.1.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(1)(e), Sch. 9 para. 4
Pt. 6 applied (28.2.2022) by The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/343), regs. 1(3)(c), 13
Pt. 6 applied (30.6.2022) by The North Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/339), regs. 1(3)(c), 13
Pt. 6 applied (30.6.2022) by The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/342), regs. 1(3)(c), 13
Pt. 6 applied (30.6.2022) by The South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/352), regs. 1(3)(c), 13