Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15E: Withdrawal of a local plan Effect
Subsection (1) enables a local planning authority to withdraw a local plan at any time before they are required to submit the plan for independent examination.
	Subsection (2) stipulates that a local planning authority may only withdraw a plan after it has been submitted for examination if the examiner recommends it (and no direction has been given by the Secretary of State that the plan is not to be withdrawn), or if the Secretary of State directs it.
	The Secretary of State’s power to direct withdrawal of a local plan after it has been submitted for examination, but prior to the local planning authority adopting it, is provided in subsection (3).