# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Section 15HB: Secretary of State powers where local planning authority fails to ensure design code


(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State considers that a local planning authority are unlikely to comply, or have not complied, with the requirement in section 15F(1).
(2) The Secretary of State may give directions to the local planning authority as to the steps they must take to comply with that requirement, including directions as to the preparation, adoption or revision of their local plan or one or more supplementary plans.
(3) The Secretary of State must give reasons for any directions given under this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/section/15HB (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/section-15HB
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