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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-data-england-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/420",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning Data (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-data-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations specify categories of planning data for the purpose of section 84 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”) and require a relevant planning authority to comply with any approved planning data standards which are applicable in processing that data. The Secretary of State publishes the relevant data standards from time to time on the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publish-your-plan-data/publish-your-plan-data.\nInformally printed copies of the data standards referred to in the Schedules to these Regulations are available for inspection at the Planning Directorate, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF following a written request to that address or digitalplanningteam@communities.gov.uk.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. The Regulatory Impact Assessment for the 2023 Act provides analysis of the primary legislative measures from which the measures set out in this instrument derive. Copies of the Regulatory Impact Assessment can be obtained at https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3155/publications and the Annexes to that document can be obtained at https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0169/LevellingUpandRegenerationBillImpactAssessmentAnnexes.pdf and can be inspected at the address provided above. An explanatory memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/420/note",
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  "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."
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