# Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026, Paragraph 11: Duration of local development plans

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) In section 19 of the principal Act, subsections (5), (6) and (9) do not apply to a local development plan that was adopted before 4 January 2016 (the day on which section 12 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4) came fully into force).
(2) In section 326(5)(a)(i) of the principal Act, the reference to the end of the period specified in a relevant development plan is to be read, in relation to a plan that was adopted before 4 January 2016, as a reference to the end of a period of 15 years from the date of the counter-notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/7/schedule/5/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-consequential-provisions-wales-act-2026/schedule-5/paragraph-11
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