Town and Country Planning Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Jun 2021 · Part III · Development Plans
16B. Special area plan
Feedback & supportAt any time during the preparation or upon the coming into effect of a structure plan or a local plan, a State Director or a local planning authority, on his or its own initiative or as directed by the
structure plan
“structure plan”, in relation to an area, means the structure plan for the area, and any alteration of the plan, having effect in the area by virtue of subsection 10(6); and, in relation to any land or building, means the structure plan, as so defined, for the area in which the land or building is situated; and
Committee, may submit to the Committee a proposal for the designation of a special area for special and detailed treatment by development, redevelopment, improvement, conservation or management practice, or partly by one and partly by another method, of the whole or part of such special area, and the nature of the treatment proposed.
Committee
“Committee” means the State Planning Committee established under section 4;
For the purposes of subsection (1), the Committee shall determine whether it is the State Director or the local planning authority who shall have the responsibility of preparing a plan for the special area.
State Director
“State Director”, in relation to a State, means the Director of Town and Country Planning Department of that State;
For the purposes of subsection (2), the plan for a special area shall be prepared in the same manner as the preparation of a local plan, but there shall be incorporated in such plan detailed guidance for its implementation and management, and the plan shall have the effect of a local plan.