{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Sustainable development",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to the exercise by a public body of a function under this Part in relation to the National Development Framework for Wales, a strategic development plan or a local development plan.\n(2) The function must be exercised, as part of carrying out sustainable development in accordance with the Well-being Act, for the purpose of ensuring that the development and use of land contribute to improving the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales.\n(3) In complying with subsection (2), a public body must take account of any relevant guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers (including relevant guidance issued under section 14 of the Well-being Act).\n(4) In this section “public body” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Well-being Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 11 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+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."
}