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You聽must聽give notice before聽you聽start聽the聽30-month plan聽preparation聽process. You must do this by publishing a 鈥榥otice to commence鈥� on your website.听

This will help your聽external stakeholders聽and聽communities to become aware of your plan-making and know when you expect to start聽preparing the plan. This will support you to prepare a plan and policies that聽represent聽the full breadth of your communities.

When to give notice聽

You must give notice of your plan-making before, or at the same time as, you run your scoping consultation. This must also be at least 4 months before you pass through Gateway 1. Your 30-month plan preparation process starts on the date you pass through Gateway 1.听

You can start getting ready before you give notice and continue during your notice period.听

You must publish your local plan timetable before or on the same day as you give notice.

Giving more than 4 months鈥� notice聽

You can give more than 4 months鈥� notice. For example, you may prefer to give notice sooner to provide a longer lead-in period for stakeholders before your scoping consultation begins. 聽

You should use your judgement to determine the appropriate length of notice for yourself, the public, statutory bodies and other stakeholders.听

How and where to publish your notice聽

You must publish a version of your notice on your website. This must be text on a webpage. This will help more people to access your notice.听

It must not only be published as a PDF or other downloadable file type, or an image. However, you can provide a downloadable version alongside the webpage version, if you wish.听

You should make sure your notice is easy to find. For example, the webpage should:聽

• be in the same part of your website as other information about your local plan聽

• be linked to from related content and navigation menus聽

• have a name that includes 鈥榥otice to commence鈥� and the title you鈥檒l use to refer to the plan throughout plan-making聽

What to include in your notice聽

Names of planning authorities preparing the plan聽

Your notice must include the name of your planning authority and, if your plan is to be a joint one, the names of the other planning authorities preparing the plan with you.听

Identifying details for the plan聽

Your notice must:聽

• include the title you鈥檒l use to refer to the plan throughout plan-making

• specify if all or part of a minerals and waste plan will be incorporated into the local plan

The area the plan will cover聽

Your notice must include details of the geographical area the plan will cover. You should communicate this using both:聽

• a written description of the area - for example, you could say the plan鈥檚 boundary is your administrative boundary, or include the ONS 肠辞诲别听

• a map showing the boundary聽

If your plan鈥檚 boundary does not align with nationally defined geography, we recommend you also include a downloadable shapefile.听

Examples of written descriptions:聽

• 鈥淭he new St Albans Local Plan will cover the administrative boundary of St. Albans, ONS 贰07000240.鈥澛�

• 鈥淭he new Lewes Local Plan will cover the area of the District which is outside of the South Downs National Park.鈥澛�

Date you published the notice聽

You must include the date you published the notice.听

Where stakeholders can find your local plan timetable聽

Your notice must set out where your timetable is published. We recommend that you include a link to the page on your website where your timetable can be accessed.听聽

Date you expect to start preparing the plan聽

We recommend that your notice includes the date you expect to start the 30-month plan preparation process, for example the date on which you expect to pass through Gateway 1. This will help stakeholders understand the full details of your notice period without needing to go to your timetable.听

After you publish your notice聽

If you need to restart the plan preparation process聽

You must issue a new notice if you need to restart the plan preparation process. For example, if:聽

• the聽geographical聽area聽of the plan聽or聽the聽type of plan changes

• you are working on a joint plan and the other local planning authorities you鈥檙e working with change聽

• the Planning Inspectorate recommends you withdraw your plan and restart the process聽

These situations would require a new notice period.听

If you need to make a minor change聽

While聽you鈥檙e聽not required to update your notice once聽you鈥檝e聽issued it, you can make minor changes if you wish. For example,聽to:

• correct a spelling, grammar or formatting mistake聽

• update a link聽

• add extra early engagement details聽

• change the date you expect to start preparing the plan on (when you expect to pass through Gateway 1), if you experience unexpected delays聽

If the date you expect to start preparing the plan changes, you must update your local plan timetable within the relevant timeframe.听

As you approach the end of your notice period聽

As you approach the end of your notice period, you should check that you鈥檝e made the recommended progress to pass through Gateway 1 and start the 30-month plan preparation process.

Find out more about the recommended progress in our guidance on getting ready to prepare a new plan.听聽

Find out what you need to do to pass through Gateway 1.