The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026

Notice of intention to commence local plan preparation

19.—(1) A local planning authority must prepare, in connection with the preparation of their local plan, and make available in accordance with regulation 88, a document to be known as their “notice of intention to commence local plan preparation”.

(2) The notice of intention to commence local plan preparation must contain the following information—

(a) the name of the local planning authority who have prepared the notice,

(b) the geographical area to which the local plan is to relate,

(c) the title, if any, by which the local planning authority will refer to the local plan,

(d) details of where the local planning authority’s local plan timetable is published, and

(e) the date on which the notice is made available under paragraph (1).

(3) Where a local planning authority’s local plan for their area is to be a joint local plan, their notice of intention to commence local plan preparation must also specify each other local planning authority for whose area the joint local plan is to be their local plan.

(4) Where a local planning authority are the minerals and waste planning authority for any part of their area and their local plan is to incorporate all or part of their minerals and waste plan in accordance with section 15C(10) of the Act, their notice of intention to commence local plan preparation must specify this.