Moved by
Lord Greaves
16: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—
“Reviews of neighbourhood areas
After section 61I of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 insert—
“61IA Duty of local planning authority to review neighbourhood areas
(1) A local planning authority must from time to time review the neighbourhood areas within its area with regard to—
(a) the number and distribution of such areas in the authority,
(b) the proportion of the authority covered by such areas,
(c) the progress made in the creation of neighbourhood development plans in those areas,
(d) the proportion of such areas in which the qualifying authority is a parish council or a neighbourhood forum respectively, and
(e) the extent and effectiveness of the promotion of neighbourhood planning within the authority.
(2) A local planning authority must consider the review undertaken under subsection (1) and in doing so consider—
(a) how it may become more effective in promoting neighbourhood planning and adopting neighbourhood development plans,
(b) whether to review its statement of community involvement in relation to its policies on advice and assistance in relation to neighbourhood plans in its area, and
(c) whether to carry out a local governance review in any part of its area that is unparished.””