Chapter 2: Development plans etc Requirement to assist with plan making Section 100: Requirement to assist with certain plan making Background
The section will support more effective gathering of the information required for authorities producing:
Local Plans, minerals and waste plans, supplementary plans and policies map
Spatial development strategies, Joint Spatial Development Strategies
Infrastructure Delivery strategies
Marine plans.
	Schedule 7, which substitutes sections 15 to 37 of the PCPA 2004, abolishes the Duty to Co-operate, currently section 33A of the PCPA 2004. The Duty to Co-operate currently requires various bodies to co-operate on particular matters when performing certain activities, such as the production of a local plan.
	Despite the abolition, there is a continued need for engagement between the plan-making authorities and prescribed public bodies when planning development to enable delivery of infrastructure at a local or strategic level.
	Without such provision, there is a risk that those who need to be involved in the plan-making process will not be. This provision therefore ensures key stakeholders (the prescribed public bodies) who influence the delivery and planning of infrastructure are required to be involved in the plan-making process.