48.—(1) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 35(3)(a) is the period of twelve months commencing on 1st April in each year and ending on 31st March in the following year.
(2) The time prescribed for the purposes of section 35(3)(b) is nine months after the end of the period in respect of which the report is made.
(3) An annual report must contain the following information–
(a)the title of the documents specified in the authority’s local development scheme;
(b)in relation to each of those documents–
(i)the timetable specified in the authority’s scheme for the document’s preparation,
(ii)the information referred to in regulation 8(b)(i) and (ii) or (c)(ii) (as the case may be),
(iii)where, within the period in respect of which the report is made, the first step has been taken in the preparation of the document–
(aa)the stage the document has reached in its preparation,
(bb)if the document’s preparation is behind the timetable mentioned in paragraph (i) the reasons for this, and
(cc)a timetable relating to the further steps that are likely to be taken for the preparation of the document;
(c)where any document specified in the authority’s local development scheme has been adopted or approved within the period in respect of which the report is made, a statement of that fact and of the date of adoption or approval;
(d)the title of any local development order adopted by the authority under section 61A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1);
(e)in relation to any such order–
(i)a statement of the authority’s reasons for making the order,
(ii)a statement about the effect of the order and a comparison of that with the reasons given in the statement to be provided pursuant to paragraph (e)(i);
(f)where the authority have revoked any local development order, a statement of the title of the order and the authority’s reasons for revoking it.
(4) Where an authority are not implementing a policy specified in a DPD or an old policy as defined in paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 8 to the Act, the annual report must identify that policy.
(5) Where an annual report identifies a policy pursuant to paragraph (4) the report must include a statement of–
(a)the reasons why the authority are not implementing the policy;
(b)the steps (if any) that the authority intend to take to secure that the policy is implemented; and
(c)whether the authority intend to prepare a DPD or a revision of the DPD (as the case may be) to replace or amend the policy.
(6) Paragraph (7) applies where a policy specified in a DPD or an old policy specifies–
(a)an annual number, or
(b)a number relating to any other period specified in–
(i)the DPD, or
(ii)the development plan for the purposes of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Act,
of net additional dwellings in any part of the area of the authority.
(7) Where this paragraph applies, the annual report must specify the number of dwellings built in the part of the authority’s area concerned–
(a)in the period in respect of which the report is made, and
(b)since the policy referred to in paragraph (6) was first published, adopted or approved.
(8) As soon as reasonably practicable after an authority make an annual report to the Secretary of State they must publish the report on their website.
1990 c. 8. Section 61A was inserted by section 40 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5).