{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "General duty to promote supply of starter homes",
  "text": "(1) An English planning authority must carry out its relevant planning functions with a view to promoting the supply of starter homes in England.\n(2) A local planning authority in England must have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State in carrying out that duty.\n(3) “English planning authority” means—\n(a) a local planning authority in England, or\n(b) the Secretary of State when exercising a function relating to the grant of planning permission on an application in respect of land in England.\n(4) “Relevant planning functions” means—\n(a) functions under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, other than functions relating to the grant of permission in principle;\n(b) functions under Part 8 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;\n(c) functions under Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.\n(5) The Secretary of State may by regulations—\n(a) amend the definition of “English planning authority” in subsection (3);\n(b) amend the definition of “relevant planning functions” in subsection (4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:11.976723+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}