{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/section-12X",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004",
  "path": "section/12X",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12X",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n“combined county authority” means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;\n“constituent authority”, in relation to a strategic planning board, is to be construed in accordance with section 12B;\n“examination” means an examination in public of a draft spatial development strategy as set out in section 12I, and “examiner” is to be construed accordingly;\n“mayoral combined authority” has the meaning given by section 107A(8) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n“mayoral combined county authority” has the meaning given by section 27(8) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;\n“national development management policy” must be construed in accordance with section 38ZA;\n“non-mayoral combined authority” means a combined authority that is not a mayoral combined authority;\n“non-mayoral combined county authority” means a combined county authority that is not a mayoral combined county authority;\n“principal authority” has the meaning given by section 12A(7);\n“spatial development strategy for London” means the strategy adopted by the Mayor of London under Part 8 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;\n“spatial development strategy timetable” has the meaning given by section 12E;\n“strategic planning authority” has the meaning given by section 12A;\n“strategic planning board” has the meaning given by section 12B;\n“strategy area” has the meaning given by section 12A(4);\n“unitary authority” means—\n(a)a county council for an area that does not include the areas of district councils, or\n(b)a district council for an area that does not form part of the area of a county council;\n“upper-tier county council” means a county council for an area that includes the areas of district councils.\n(2) In this Part—\n(a) “local planning authority” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 15LF);\n(b) references to a local planning authority’s area are to the area for which they are the local planning authority in accordance with that Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12X(1) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 2 para. 4 (with s. 102)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/section/12X",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:27.353631+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."
}