{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97",
  "legislation_title": "National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Development plans relating to National Parks.",
  "text": "(1) In preparing a development plan, or proposals for any alterations of or additions to a development plan, for any area being or including the whole or any part of a National Park, the authority or authorities who are required to prepare the plan or, as the case may be, who are entitled to alter or add to it shall consult with Natural England and take into consideration any observations made by Natural England.\n( 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(1) substituted (23.11.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 2(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 10(d); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 9(2) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 60(4), 107(3)(b), Schs. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch. )"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 9 applied (1.4.2001 for E. and 1.5.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 37 , s. 84(1)(b) (with s. 84(4)-(6) ); S.I. 2001/114 , art. 2(2)(e) ; S.I. 2001/1410 , art. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 9: power to amend conferred by Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (2023 c. 55), ss. 132, 255(3)(a) (with s. 247)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:19:51.346218+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."
}