# Housing and Planning Act 2016, Section 7: Compliance directions

Status: prospective

(1) The Secretary of State may make a compliance direction if satisfied that—
(a) a local planning authority has failed to carry out its functions in relation to starter homes or has failed to carry them out adequately, and
(b) a policy contained in a local development document for the authority is incompatible with those functions.
(2) A “compliance direction” is a direction that no regard is to be had to the policy for the purposes of any determination to be made under the planning Acts.
(3) A compliance direction remains in force until revoked by a further direction given by the Secretary of State.
(4) A direction under this section must include the Secretary of State's reasons for making it.
(5) The Secretary of State must publish any direction under this section and give a copy to the local planning authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-7
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