Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15LG: Meaning of ‘minerals and waste planning authority’ etc Effect
Subsections (1) and (2) define a minerals and waste planning authority, for the purposes of Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as: a county council in England; a London borough council; a metropolitan district council and a district council for any part of their area for which there is no county council.
	Subsection (3) outlines that a National Park Authority is the minerals and waste planning authority for the whole of its area, in place of any authority which, by virtue of subsection (2), would otherwise be the minerals and waste planning authority.
	Subsections (4) and (5) allows a development corporation to be made the minerals and waste planning authority for its area including a Mayoral development corporation.
	Subsections (6) clarifies the meaning of ‘relevant area’ for the purpose of this section.