A strategic planning authority must submit its draft spatial development strategy timetable to the Secretary of State within such period as may be prescribed.
The Secretary of State may direct the strategic planning authority to make specified amendments to the draft timetable.
If the Secretary of State has not given such a direction to the strategic planning authority within the period of four weeks beginning with the date when the timetable was sent to the Secretary of State, the strategic planning authority may bring the timetable into effect.
A strategic planning authority to which a direction under subsection (2) is given—
If a strategic planning authority—
the Secretary of State may prepare a spatial development strategy timetable and direct the strategic planning authority to bring it into effect.
A direction under subsection (2) or (5) must contain the Secretary of State's reasons for giving it.
To bring a spatial development strategy timetable into effect, a strategic planning authority must publish it, together with a statement that the timetable has effect.
A strategic planning authority must comply with a spatial development strategy timetable that has effect.
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to when, or the circumstances in which, a strategic planning authority must revise a spatial development strategy timetable that has effect.
Regulations under subsection (9)—