# The Planning (Local Development Plan) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 12: Form and content of a development plan document


(1) A development plan document must contain—
(a) a title which must give the name of the council district for which the development plan document is prepared and indicate whether it is a plan strategy or a local policies plan, and
(b) a sub-title which must indicate the date of the adoption of the development plan document.
(2) A development plan document must contain a reasoned justification of the policies contained in it.
(3) Those parts of a development plan document which comprise the policies of the development plan document and those parts which comprise the reasoned justification required by paragraph (2) must be readily distinguishable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/62/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-local-development-plan-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-12
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