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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-planning-authorities-spatial-development-strategy-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1162",
  "legislation_title": "The Strategic Planning Authorities (Spatial Development Strategy) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-planning-authorities-spatial-development-strategy-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nPart 1A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) (inserted by section 58 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34)) requires strategic planning authorities to prepare a spatial development strategy (“SDS”) for their area. These Regulations make provision as to the procedure to be followed in connection with the preparation of a SDS.\nPart 1 of these Regulations contains introductory matters (regulation 1), key definitions (regulation 2) and provision regarding electronic communications (regulation 3).\nPart 2 of these Regulations prescribes the content of a SDS (regulations 4 and 5).\nPart 3 of these Regulations prescribes the content of a SDS timetable (regulation 6) and sets out when this timetable must be submitted to the Secretary of State (regulation 7), published (regulation 9) and revised (regulation 10). Part 3 also sets out a requirement for the Secretary of State to notify the strategic planning authority that the timetable has been approved (regulation 8).\nPart 4 of these Regulations deals with the preparation of a SDS and makes provision in respect of matters including—\n(a) publication of a commencement notice (regulation 13);\n(b) additional matters to which a strategic planning authority must have regard when preparing a draft SDS (regulation 14);\n(c) consultation and representations (regulations 15 and 16);\n(d) submission of documents to the Secretary of State (regulation 17);\n(e) publication of the examiner’s report (regulation 18).\nPart 5 of these Regulations makes provision as to requests for further information (regulation 19) and publication of an annual monitoring report (regulation 20).\nPart 6 of these Regulations provides for requirements as to the availability of documents.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. An impact assessment was prepared for the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-and-infrastructure-bill-impact-assessment and can be inspected at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1162/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:38:30.428649+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."
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