UK Statutory Instrument 2012 United Kingdom

The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012

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What's here

29 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 5
  • Landlord 1

Plus 23 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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Landlords also bound by 216 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

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Part 1 — General

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s.001

Citation and commencement

s.002

Review

s.003

Interpretation

s.004

Electronic communications

Part 2 — Neighbourhood Areas

s.005

Designation of the whole of the area of a parish council

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must designate whole-parish neighbourhood areas Local authority
s.006

Prescribed date for determination of an area application

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must decide on neighbourhood area applications Local authority
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s.005

Application for designation of a neighbourhood area

s.006

Publicising an area application

s.007

Publicising a designation of a neighbourhood area etc

Part 3 — Neighbourhood forums

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s.008

Application for designation of a neighbourhood forum

s.009

Publicising a neighbourhood forum application

s.009

Prescribed date for determination of a neighbourhood forum application

s.010

Publicising a designation of a neighbourhood forum

s.011

Subsequent applications

s.012

Voluntary withdrawal of designation

Part 4 — Community right to build organisations

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s.013

Prescribed conditions for community right to build organisations

Part 5 — Neighbourhood development plans

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s.014

Pre-submission consultation and publicity

s.015

Plan proposals and modification proposals

s.016

Publicising a plan proposal or a modification proposal

s.017

Submission of plan proposal or modification proposal to examination

s.017

Decision on examiner’s recommendations

s.018

Publication of the examiner's report and plan proposal or modification proposal decisions

s.018

Prescribed date for making a neighbourhood development plan

s.019

Decision on a plan proposal

s.020

Publicising a neighbourhood development plan

Part 6 — Neighbourhood development orders and community right to build orders

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s.021

Pre-submission consultation and publicity

s.022

Order proposals

s.023

Publicising an order proposal

s.024

Submission of order proposal to examination

s.024

Decision on examiner’s recommendations

s.025

Publication of the examiner's report and order proposal decisions

s.025

Prescribed date for making a neighbourhood development order

s.026

Decision on an order proposal

s.027

Publicising a neighbourhood development order or a community right to build order

Part 7 — Community right to build orders

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s.028

Enfranchisement rights

s.029

Notice

Part 8 — Revocation and modification of a neighbourhood development order, a community right to build order or a neighbourhood development plan

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s.030

Publicising a modification

s.031

Revocation

Part 8A — Intervention by the Secretary of State

s.031

Information provided to the Secretary of State

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must forward documents to the Secretary of State Local authority
s.031

Publication of directions

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must publish Secretary of State directions Local authority
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s.031

Requests to intervene and dealing with requests

s.031

Notification where Secretary of State proposes to differ from examiner

Part 9 — European legislation

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s.032

Habitats

s.033

Environmental impact assessment

Schedules

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s.sch001

Neighbourhood development plans

s.sch001

Neighbourhood development orders and community right to build orders

s.sch002

Neighbourhood development plans

s.sch002

Amendments to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010

s.sch002

After regulation 78 (local development orders) insert— Neighbourhood development orders...

s.sch002

After regulation 102 (assessment of implications) insert the following— Assessment...

s.sch003

In this Schedule— “EIA development” means development which satisfies the...

s.sch003

In regulation 47(2) (modification of provisions on preparation, publicity and...

s.sch003

In regulation 49(2)(b) and (c) (suspension of minerals development) for...

s.sch003

In regulation 64(5) delete “laid”.

s.sch003

In paragraph 2(c)(v) of Schedule 3 (selection criteria for screening...

s.sch003

Where the development described in an order proposal is EIA...

s.sch003

Amendments to the EIA Regulations

s.sch003

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)— (a) before the definition of “the...

s.sch003

In regulation 25(b) (modifications where application by a local planning...

s.sch003

After regulation 29 (local development orders) insert— Neighbourhood development orders...

s.sch003

In regulation 36(b) (appeal to Secretary of State without an...

s.sch003

In regulation 38 (further information and evidence respecting environmental statements)...

s.sch003

In regulation 43 (modification of provisions on prohibition of granting...

Other sections — not classified into a Part

These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.

s.002

Review

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review Neighbourhood Planning Regulations every 5 years Crown / Minister / Government department
s.006

Publicising an area application

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must publicise neighbourhood area applications Local authority
s.019

Decision on a plan proposal

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must publish and notify decision on neighbourhood plans Local authority
s.022

Order proposals

  • Include specific documents when submitting a neighbourhood order proposal Any Person
s.023

Publicising an order proposal

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must publicise neighbourhood order proposals Local authority
s.026

Decision on an order proposal

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Council must notify the public and the applicant of planning order decisions Local authority
s.029

Notice

  • Notify tenants if enfranchisement rights are restricted Landlord
s.030

Publicising a modification

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must publicise modifications to neighbourhood plans Local authority
s.031

Revocation

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must publicise the revocation of a neighbourhood plan Local authority
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s.decision on examiner’s recommendations

Decision on examiner’s recommendations

s.designation of the whole of the area of a parish c

Designation of the whole of the area of a parish council

s.information provided to the secretary of state

Information provided to the Secretary of State

s.notification where secretary of state proposes to

Notification where Secretary of State proposes to differ from examiner

s.prescribed date for determination of an area appli

Prescribed date for determination of an area application

s.prescribed date for determination of a neighbourho

Prescribed date for determination of a neighbourhood forum application

s.prescribed date for making a neighbourhood develop

Prescribed date for making a neighbourhood development plan

s.publication of directions

Publication of directions

s.requests to intervene and dealing with requests

Requests to intervene and dealing with requests

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