Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15EA: Adoption of local plan or supplementary plan Background
Section 15EA broadly replicates former section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, which allows plans to be "adopted"; meaning they come into force as part of the development plan for the relevant area.
	Section 15EA introduces greater clarity around the modifications which may be made by the plan-making authority prior to a plan being adopted. The established principle that a local plan or minerals and waste plan is adopted by a resolution of the relevant authority is retained, whilst a new provision is made for the Mayor of London to adopt a supplementary plan (prepared under section 15CC).
	The new provisions now exclude reference to the previous development plan framework (local development documents and development plan documents), instead referring to local plans, minerals and waste plans and supplementary plans.