Regulation 6 Regard to be had to certain matters and statement of regard
In formulating the strategy for spatial development in the combined authority area the combined authority shall, in addition to the matters specified in section 342(1) M1 of the GLA Act (matters to which the Mayor is to have regard), have regard to—
the national waste management plan within the meaning of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 M2;
the objectives of preventing major accidents and limiting the consequences of such accidents for human health and the environment;
the need, in the long term—
to maintain appropriate safety distances between establishments and residential areas, buildings and areas of public use, recreational areas and as far as possible, major transport routes;
to protect areas of particular natural sensitivity or interest in the vicinity of establishments, where appropriate through appropriate safety distances or other relevant measures.
The reasoned justification required by regulation 4(1) shall contain a statement of the regard the combined authority has had in formulating the strategy for spatial development in the combined authority area to the matters specified in section 342(1) of the GLA Act and in paragraph (1).
Annotations
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Section 342(1)(a) was substituted by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 section 118(2) and Schedule 7, paragraphs 22(1) and (3), and subsequently amended by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, section 85(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 9 and 10. Section 342(1) is also modified by S.I 2016/1267, S.I 2017/430 and S.I 2017/126.
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