Examination of Witnesses

Part of Neighbourhood Planning Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:43 pm on 18 October 2016.

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Steve Evison:

May I just add a further point? For instances where the individual local authority has not written its plan, the 2016 Act enabled us to invite a Mayor or the combined authority to write the plan in place of the individual local authority. At the moment, that power is not available to county councils. Through the change, we are ensuring that we have the same options in two-tier areas as we do in areas with Mayors and combined authorities.