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The Regional Strategy for the East of England (Revocation) Order 2012

S.I. 2012/3046 · Made 6 December 2012

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Town And Country Planning, England

Made 6th December 2012

Laid before Parliament 11th December 2012

Coming into force 3rd January 2013

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 109(3), (5) and (6) of the Localism Act 2011f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2011 c. 20.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Revocation of Regional Strategy
  3. 3Revocation of directions preserving structure plans
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Regional Strategy for the East of England (Revocation) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 3rd January 2013.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to England only.

2Revocation of Regional Strategy

(1)

The Regional Strategy for the East of England comprises—

(a)

the regional spatial strategy published on 12th May 2008 (“the RSS”) and any policies contained in revisions to the RSS f1; and

(b)

the regional economic strategy published in 2008f2.

(2)

The Regional Strategy for the East of England is revoked.

3Revocation of directions preserving structure plans

All directions preserving policies contained in structure plansf1 in the area to which the RSS relates are revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Eric Pickles

Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

6th December 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 109 of the Localism Act 2011f1 abolished the regional planning tier by repealing Part 5 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009f2 (which only applied in relation to England). This includes the removal of the responsible regional authorities. Section 109 of the Localism Act 2011 also made provision to revoke, by order, the eight existing regional strategies and any remaining structure plan policies that were saved as part of the transitional provisions under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004f3.

This Order makes use of those powers to revoke the regional strategy for the East of England, and all directions preserving policies contained in structure plans in the corresponding area.