Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15LF: Meaning of ‘local planning authority’ etc Effect
Subsections (1) to (2) define a local planning authority, for the purposes of Part 2 of Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, as: a district council; a London borough council; a metropolitan district council; a county council in relation to any area in England where there is no district council.
	The following subsections set out instances where other authorities or bodies may be the local planning authority in place of another aforementioned authority or authorities, for all or part of their respective area or areas: a National Park authority (subsection (3)); the Broads Authority (subsection (4)); a development corporation, as constituted under s.149(1A) of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 or s.7A(2) of the New Towns Act 1981 (subsections (5)-(6)); a Mayoral development corporation, where provided for by an order under section 198(2) of the Localism Act 2011 (subsection (6)(c)); the Homes and Communities Agency (Homes England), where a designation order is made under section 13 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (subsections (8)-(9)); and a joint committee (subsection (10)). A development corporation, a Mayoral development corporation or Homes England may be constituted as the local planning authority for some or all the purposes of Part 2.
	Subsection (11) clarifies that other references in Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 to a local planning authority’s ‘area’ relate to the area for which they are the local planning authority in accordance with Part 2.