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The Regional Strategy for the South East (Partial Revocation) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/427 · Made 26 February 2013

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Town And Country Planning, England

Made 26th February 2013

Laid before Parliament 28th February 2013

Coming into force 25th March 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. 2Partial revocation of Regional Strategy
  3. 3Partial revocation 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 South East (Partial Revocation) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 25th March 2013.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to England only.

2Partial revocation of Regional Strategy

(1)

The Regional Strategy for the South East comprises—

(a)

the regional spatial strategy for the region (“the RSS”)f1; and

(b)

the regional economic strategy for the region (“the RES”)f2.

(2)

The Regional Strategy for the South East is revoked except for policy NRM6 of the RSSf3.

3Partial revocation of directions preserving structure plans

All directions under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 preserving policies contained in structure plans in the area to which the RSS relates are revoked except for the direction made on 16th September 2008 in respect of the Oxfordshire Structure Plan 2016 so far as it preserves policy H2f1.

Signature

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

Nick Boles

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

26th February 2013

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 whole or any part of a regional strategy under Part 5 of the 2009 Act and any remaining structure plan policies that were saved as part of the transitional provisions under Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004f3.

Article 2 of this Order partially revokes the regional strategy for the South East, which includes The South East Plan Regional Spatial Strategy for the South East of England. Policy NRM6 of The South East Plan, which relates to new residential development near the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area, an area designated under European Directives 79/409/EEC (now codified in 2009/147/EC) and 92/43/EEC, is retained. The effect of Article 3 of this Order is to revoke all remaining structure plan policies in the region except for policy H2 of the Oxfordshire Structure Plan 2016, which relates to the former air base at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire.