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Section 33: Public participation.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 · 1990 c. 8View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: — Chapter II: Structure and Local Plans: Non-Metropolitan Areas

When preparing proposals for the alteration or replacement of a structure plan for their area and before finally determining their contents the local planning authority shall—

comply with—
any requirements imposed by regulations made under section 53; and
any particular direction given to them by the Secretary of State with respect to a matter falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) or (e) of subsection (2) of that section; and
consider any representations made in accordance with those regulations.

Where the authority have prepared proposals for the alteration or replacement of a structure plan they shall—

make copies of the proposals and the explanatory memorandum available for inspection at such places as may be prescribed by those regulations;
send a copy of the proposals and the explanatory memorandum to the Secretary of State; and
comply with any requirements imposed by those regulations.

Each copy made available for inspection or sent under subsection (2) shall be accompanied by a statement of the prescribed period within which objections may be made to the authority.

In this section "the prescribed period" means such period as may be prescribed by or determined in accordance with regulations made under section 53 and in this Chapter "objections made in accordance with the regulations" means objections made—

in accordance with regulations made under that section; and
within the prescribed period.

The persons who may make objections in accordance with the regulations include, in particular, the Secretary of State.

The proposals shall not be adopted by the authority under section 35 until—

after they have considered any objections made in accordance with the regulations; or
if no such objections are made, after the expiry of the prescribed period.

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