Part 6: Planning in England Local Planning Schedule 11: Default powers exercisable by Mayor of London or combined authority: Schedule to be inserted in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
Schedule 11 sets out the new Schedule A1 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. These provisions enable the Secretary of State to invite the Mayor of London or a combined authority to prepare a development plan document for a local planning authority that are a London borough or a constituent authority of the combined authority (as the case may be).
	The power may be exercised in the same circumstances as the power under section 27 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as substituted by section 146); where the Secretary of State thinks that the local planning authority are failing or omitting to do anything it is necessary for them to do in connection with the preparation, revision or adoption of the document. The Mayor or combined authority would be responsible for preparing the document and having it examined. They may then approve the document (or approve it subject to modifications recommended by the inspector) or direct the local planning authority to consider adopting it. The Schedule also enables the Secretary of State to intervene in the preparation of a document by the Mayor or a combined authority.