Review
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must review Neighbourhood Planning Regulations every 5 years Crown / Minister / Government department
UK Statutory Instrument
2012
United Kingdom
The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012
At a glance
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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What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — General
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part 2 — Neighbourhood Areas
Application for designation of a neighbourhood area
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authorities may refuse to process duplicate area applications Local authority
Publicising an area application
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publicise neighbourhood area applications Local authority
Publicising a designation of a neighbourhood area etc
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must publicise neighbourhood area designations and refusals Local authority
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
Prescribed date for determination of an area application
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must decide on neighbourhood area applications Local authority
Part 3 — Neighbourhood forums
Application for designation of a neighbourhood forum
- Include required details in your neighbourhood forum application Any Person
Publicising a neighbourhood forum application
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Councils must publicise neighbourhood forum applications Local authority
Publicising a designation of a neighbourhood forum
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publish neighbourhood forum decisions Local authority
Voluntary withdrawal of designation
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must withdraw and publicise forum de-designations Local authority
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Subsequent applications
Prescribed date for determination of a neighbourhood forum application
Part 4 — Community right to build organisations
Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part 5 — Neighbourhood development plans
Pre-submission consultation and publicity
- Publicise and consult on neighbourhood plan proposals Any Person
Plan proposals and modification proposals
- Submit necessary documents with neighbourhood plan proposals Any Person
Publicising a plan proposal or a modification proposal
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publicise neighbourhood plan proposals Local authority
Submission of plan proposal or modification proposal to examination
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must submit neighbourhood plans for examination Local authority
Publication of the examiner's report and plan proposal or modification proposal decisions
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publish decisions on neighbourhood plans Local authority
Decision on a plan proposal
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publish and notify decision on neighbourhood plans Local authority
Publicising a neighbourhood development plan
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publish and notify of new development plans Local authority
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Decision on examiner’s recommendations
Prescribed date for making a neighbourhood development plan
Part 6 — Neighbourhood development orders and community right to build orders
Pre-submission consultation and publicity
- Publicise and consult on neighbourhood development order proposals Any Person
Order proposals
- Include specific documents when submitting a neighbourhood order proposal Any Person
Publicising an order proposal
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publicise neighbourhood order proposals Local authority
Submission of order proposal to examination
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must submit order proposals for examination Local authority
Publication of the examiner's report and order proposal decisions
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must publish decisions on neighbourhood development orders Local authority
Decision on an order proposal
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Council must notify the public and the applicant of planning order decisions Local authority
Publicising a neighbourhood development order or a community right to build order
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publicise neighbourhood or build orders Local authority
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Prescribed date for making a neighbourhood development order
Decision on examiner’s recommendations
Part 7 — Community right to build orders
Notice
- Notify tenants if enfranchisement rights are restricted Landlord
Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Enfranchisement rights
Part 8 — Revocation and modification of a neighbourhood development order, a community right to build order or a neighbourhood development plan
Publicising a modification
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publicise modifications to neighbourhood plans Local authority
Revocation
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authority must publicise the revocation of a neighbourhood plan Local authority
Part 8A — Intervention by the Secretary of State
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
Publication of directions
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authorities must publish Secretary of State directions Local authority
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Notification where Secretary of State proposes to differ from examiner
Requests to intervene and dealing with requests
Part 9 — European legislation
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Habitats
Environmental impact assessment
Schedules
Browse 22 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Consultation Bodies
Neighbourhood development plans
Neighbourhood development orders and community right to build orders
Habitats
Neighbourhood development plans
Amendments to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010
After regulation 78 (local development orders) insert— Neighbourhood development orders...
After regulation 102 (assessment of implications) insert the following— Assessment...
Environmental Impact Assessments
In this Schedule— “EIA development” means development which satisfies the...
In regulation 47(2) (modification of provisions on preparation, publicity and...
In regulation 49(2)(b) and (c) (suspension of minerals development) for...
In regulation 64(5) delete “laid”.
In paragraph 2(c)(v) of Schedule 3 (selection criteria for screening...
Where the development described in an order proposal is EIA...
Amendments to the EIA Regulations
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)— (a) before the definition of “the...
In regulation 25(b) (modifications where application by a local planning...
After regulation 29 (local development orders) insert— Neighbourhood development orders...
In regulation 36(b) (appeal to Secretary of State without an...
In regulation 38 (further information and evidence respecting environmental statements)...
In regulation 43 (modification of provisions on prohibition of granting...
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections exist in the Act but the contents-of-Parts walker did not place them under a Part. Likely amendments or sections inserted out of the original Part structure.
Browse 42 other unclassified sections
Citation and commencement
Review
Interpretation
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Application for designation of a neighbourhood area
Designation of the whole of the area of a parish council
Publicising an area application
Prescribed date for determination of an area application
Publicising a designation of a neighbourhood area etc
Application for designation of a neighbourhood forum
Publicising a neighbourhood forum application
Prescribed date for determination of a neighbourhood forum application
Publicising a designation of a neighbourhood forum
Subsequent applications
Voluntary withdrawal of designation
Prescribed conditions for community right to build organisations
Pre-submission consultation and publicity
Plan proposals and modification proposals
Publicising a plan proposal or a modification proposal
Submission of plan proposal or modification proposal to examination
Publication of the examiner's report and plan proposal or modification proposal decisions
Prescribed date for making a neighbourhood development plan
Decision on a plan proposal
Publicising a neighbourhood development plan
Pre-submission consultation and publicity
Order proposals
Publicising an order proposal
Submission of order proposal to examination
Decision on examiner’s recommendations
Publication of the examiner's report and order proposal decisions
Decision on an order proposal
Publicising a neighbourhood development order or a community right to build order
Enfranchisement rights
Notice
Publicising a modification
Revocation
Requests to intervene and dealing with requests
Information provided to the Secretary of State
Notification where Secretary of State proposes to differ from examiner
Publication of directions
Habitats
Environmental impact assessment
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