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The Regional Strategy for the South West (Revocation) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/935 · Made 19 April 2013

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Town And Country Planning, England

Made 19th April 2013

Laid before Parliament 24th April 2013

Coming into force 20th May 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. 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 West (Revocation) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 20th May 2013.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to England only.

2Revocation of Regional Strategy

(1)

The Regional Strategy for the South West 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 West is revoked.

3Partial revocation of directions preserving structure plans

All directions under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004f1 preserving policies contained in structure plans in the area to which the RSS relates are revoked except for the direction made in September 2007 in respect of the Somerset & Exmoor National Park Joint Structure Plan Alteration 1991 - 2011 so far as it preserves policy 6 (Bristol/Bath Green Belt)f2.

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

19th April 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 revokes the Regional Strategy for the South West. The effect of Article 3 of this Order is to revoke all remaining structure plan policies in the region except for policy 6 of the Somerset & Exmoor National Park Joint Structure Plan Alteration 1991 – 2011, which relates to the green belt between Bristol and Bath.