Section 12W Meaning of “spatial development strategy” etcF1

(1)

In this Part “spatial development strategy” means, as the context requires—

(a)

a strategy adopted by a strategic planning authority under section 12L,

(b)

a strategy approved by the Secretary of State under section 12P(9)(a) or (b) or 12Q(2)(a) or (b), or

(c)

a strategy in preparation by a strategic planning authority in accordance with this Part.

(2)

In sections 12B(4)(c), 12C(6)(b)(iv), 12H(2)(f) and 12M(3)(b)—

(a)

“spatial development strategy” includes—

(i)

the spatial development strategy for London,

(ii)

a spatial development strategy adopted by a combined authority in accordance with regulations under section 105A of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, and

(iii)

a spatial development strategy adopted by a combined county authority in accordance with regulations under section 19 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023; and

(b)

“person responsible for preparing a spatial development strategy” is to be read accordingly.

(3)

For the purposes of sections 12M to 12O, a spatial development strategy approved by the Secretary of State under a power specified in subsection (1)(b) is to be regarded as the spatial development strategy of the strategic planning authority in relation to which the power is exercised.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 1A inserted (18.12.2025 for the purposes of making regulations, otherwise prosp.) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 58(1), 118(2)(g) (with s. 116)