Part 6

Wales

Plans

Assembly’s default power
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1
This section applies if the Assembly thinks that a local planning authority are failing or omitting to do anything it is necessary for them to do in connection with the preparation, revision or adoption of a local development plan.
2
The Assembly must hold an independent examination and section 64(4) to (7) applies accordingly.
3
The Assembly must publish the recommendations and reasons of the person appointed to hold the examination.
4
The Assembly may—
a
prepare or revise (as the case may be) the plan, and
b
approve the plan as a local development plan.
5
The Assembly must give reasons for anything it does in pursuance of subsection (4).
6
The authority must reimburse the Assembly for any expenditure it incurs in connection with anything—
a
which is done by it under subsection (4), and
b
which the authority failed or omitted to do as mentioned in subsection (1).