Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15J: Joint committees Background
Section 15J provides for the establishment of joint committees, which can be formed by one or more local planning authorities (as defined in section 15LF) with one or more county councils in relation to any area of the county council for which there is also a district council. The joint committee, formed by regulations made the Secretary of State, becomes the local planning authority for the area agreed between the relevant parties.