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Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

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63Preparation requirements

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(1)A local development plan must be prepared in accordance with—

(a)the local planning authority’s community involvement scheme;

(b)the timetable for the preparation and adoption of the authority’s local development plan.

(2)The authority’s community involvement scheme is a statement of the authority’s policy as to the involvement in the exercise of the authority’s functions under this Part of the persons to which subsection (3) applies.

(3)The persons mentioned in subsection (2)—

(a)must include such persons as the Assembly prescribes;

(b)may include such other persons as appear to the authority to have an interest in matters relating to development in the area of the authority.

(4)The authority and the Assembly must attempt to agree the terms of the documents mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1).

(5)But to the extent that the Assembly and the authority cannot agree the terms the Assembly may direct that the documents must be in the terms specified in the direction.

(6)The authority must comply with the direction.

(7)The Assembly may prescribe—

(a)the procedure in respect of the preparation of the documents mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1);

(b)the form and content of the documents;

(c)the time at which any step in the preparation of the documents must be taken;

(d)publicity about the documents;

(e)making the documents available for inspection by the public;

(f)circumstances in which the requirements of the documents need not be complied with.

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