Part 6: Planning in England Local Planning Section 145: Intervention by Secretary of State
Section 145 amends section 21 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (intervention by the Secretary of State).
	Subsections (4) to (9) of section 21 enable the Secretary of State to direct that a development plan document (or any part of it) is submitted to the Secretary of State for approval and make provision for what is to happen to a document following an intervention.
	Section 145 amends subsection (5) of section 21 and inserts a new subsection (5A) to make clear what is to happen where the Secretary of State withdraws (or partially withdraws) a direction.
	Section 145 also inserts a new subsection (11) into section 21 to require a local planning authority to reimburse the Secretary of State for any expenditure incurred in relation to an intervention that is specified in a notice to the authority.
	This section also inserts a new section 21A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 that enables the Secretary of State to issue a ‘holding direction’ to a local planning authority not to take any step in connection with the adoption of a development plan document while the Secretary of State considers whether to intervene under section 21. The document has no effect while a direction is in force, which is until it is withdrawn by the Secretary of State or until a direction under section 21 is given.