ABSTRACT
The authority invited to prepare an enterprise scheme retains the right to decline the invitation, but if it accepts then it is obliged to do so within the terms of the invitation (Sched 32, para 2(1)). Acceptance also requires the authority to give adequate publicity to the proposal so that representations may be made within a specified period on the ground that development within the area covered by the scheme should not be granted automatic planning permission in accordance with the terms of the scheme. At the end of this period of consultation, and having considered the representations, the authority may, by resolution, adopt the scheme (Sched 32, para 3(1)(2)(3)).
