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Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017

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6 Assistance in connection with neighbourhood planning

(1) Section 18 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (statement of community involvement) is amended as follows. (2) At the beginning of subsection (2A) insert “ Subject to subsection (2B), ”. (3) After subsection (2A) insert— (2B) A statement of community involvement must set out the local planning authority's policies for giving advice or assistance under— (a) paragraph 3 of Schedule 4B to the principal Act (advice or assistance on proposals for making of neighbourhood development orders), and (b) paragraph 3 of Schedule A2 to this Act (advice or assistance on proposals for modification of neighbourhood development plans). (2C) The reference in subsection (2B)(a) to Schedule 4B to the principal Act includes that Schedule as applied by section 38A(3) of this Act (process for making neighbourhood development plans). (2D) Subsection (2B) applies regardless of whether, at any given time— (a) an area within the area of the authority has been designated as a neighbourhood area, or (b) there is a qualifying body which is entitled to submit proposals to the authority for the making by the authority of a neighbourhood development order or a neighbourhood development plan.

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6 Assistance in connection with neighbourhood planning

(1) Section 18 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (statement of community involvement) is amended as follows. (2) At the beginning of subsection (2A) insert “ Subject to subsection (2B), ”. (3) After subsection (2A) insert— (2B) A statement of community involvement must set out the local planning authority's policies for giving advice or assistance under— (a) paragraph 3 of Schedule 4B to the principal Act (advice or assistance on proposals for making of neighbourhood development orders), and (b) paragraph 3 of Schedule A2 to this Act (advice or assistance on proposals for modification of neighbourhood development plans). (2C) The reference in subsection (2B)(a) to Schedule 4B to the principal Act includes that Schedule as applied by section 38A(3) of this Act (process for making neighbourhood development plans). (2D) Subsection (2B) applies regardless of whether, at any given time— (a) an area within the area of the authority has been designated as a neighbourhood area, or (b) there is a qualifying body which is entitled to submit proposals to the authority for the making by the authority of a neighbourhood development order or a neighbourhood development plan.

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