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Planning Bill

Combined plan - Land use plans - Core requirements for plan making

77: How land use plan is prepared or changed

You could also call this:

"How to Make or Change a Land Use Plan"

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When a territorial authority wants to prepare or change a land use plan for its district, it must follow the rules set out in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3. You can ask for a change to a land use plan if you are not a territorial authority, and you must do this in accordance with clause 49 of Schedule 3. The rules about when new rules in a land use plan start to apply are set out in Part 3 of Schedule 3, and Schedule 4 explains how independent hearings panels are appointed and funded to hold hearings and make recommendations when a plan is being prepared or changed.

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Part 3Combined plan
Land use plans: Core requirements for plan making

77How land use plan is prepared or changed

  1. A territorial authority must prepare or change the land use plan for its district in accordance with Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3.

  2. Any person (other than a territorial authority) may request a change to a land use plan in accordance with clause 49 of Schedule 3.

  3. Part 3 of Schedule 3 sets out provisions relating to when rules in a proposed land use plan have legal effect.

  4. Schedule 4 sets out provisions relating to the appointment and funding of independent hearings panels, which have functions to hold any hearing and make recommendations when a plan is being prepared or changed.