Who is responsible for preparing a Local Plan?

Those Local Planning Authorities responsible for ‘district matters’ should prepare and maintain an up-to-date Local Plan for their area: this includes district, London borough, metropolitan district, unitary, and National Park authorities.

Those Local Planning Authorities with minerals and waste planning responsibilities should also produce plans to provide a framework for decisions involving these uses (this includes county councils in respect of any part of their area for which there is a district council, London borough, metropolitan district, unitary and National Park authorities). Local Planning Authorities can produce combined minerals and waste plans and, where relevant, may also prepare one Local Plan combining policies on minerals, waste and other planning matters.

The Marine Management Organisation is producing a series of marine plans to cover the English marine (off shore) area.

Coastal local planning authorities will need to take these into account when preparing their Local Plans, insofar as they have implications for on-shore activities.

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