Schedules

Schedule 6 U.K.Marine plans: preparation and adoption

Marine plan authority to notify related planning authorities of decision to prepare plan U.K.

1 (1) A marine plan authority which decides to prepare a marine plan for a marine plan area must, before beginning to prepare the plan, give notice of its intention to do so to each of the related planning authorities. U.K.

(2) The “related planning authorities” are—

(a) the Secretary of State (unless the Secretary of State is the marine plan authority);

(b) any marine plan authority whose marine planning region adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area;

(c) if the Scottish inshore region adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area, the Scottish Ministers;

(d) any local planning authority whose area adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area;

(e) any responsible regional authorities whose region adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area.

[F1 (f)any strategic planning panel whose strategic planning area adjoins or is adjacent to the marine planning area.]

(3) In this paragraph—

• “local planning authority” means an authority which is—

  (a)

  a local planning authority for the purposes of Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) (see section 37 of that Act),

  (aa)

  [F2 a local planning authority for the purposes of Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (see section 78 of that Act),]or

  (b)

  a planning authority for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8) (see section 1 of that Act);

• “responsible regional authorities” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (regional strategy).

• [F3 “strategic planning panel” means a strategic planning panel established under section 60D of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(f) inserted (E.W.) (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 7.1.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 2 para. 34(2); S.I. 2021/7, reg. 2(c)

F2 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(3) inserted (E.W.) (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 4.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 2 para. 35(3)(a); S.I. 2020/1216, reg. 2(b)

F3 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(3) inserted (E.W.) (6.9.2015 for specified purposes) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 2 para. 34(3)(b)