(1) Where a submission is made in accordance with section 653G by the owner of a site seeking -
(a) the exclusion of a site from a final map, on the basis that the land constituting the site does not satisfy the relevant criteria, or
(b) a change to the date specified in the map as the date on which the land constituting a site first satisfied the relevant criteria,
the local authority shall -
(i) evaluate the submission,
(ii) determine whether or not -
(I) the site constitutes land satisfying the relevant criteria, or
(II) the date specified in the map as the date on which the land constituting a site first satisfied the relevant criteria should be changed,
(iii) not later than 1 August 2023, notify the owner concerned, in writing, of its determination.
(2) Before making a determination under subsection (1), a local authority may, where the local authority considers it to be necessary for the purposes of making the determination, within 21 days of receipt of the submission concern
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