{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-planning-authorities-spatial-development-strategy-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-planning-authorities-spatial-development-strategy-regulations-2026/regulation-2.json",
  "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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations,—\n“the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;\n“address” means—\n(a) a number or address used for the purposes of sending or receiving documents or information by electronic means;\n(b) a postal address;\n“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;\n“electronic communications apparatus” has the same meaning as in paragraph 5(1) of the electronic communications code;\n“electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in section 106(1) of the Communications Act 2003;\n“examiner’s report” means the report made by the examiner under section 12I (6) of the 2004 Act;\n“highways authority” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Highways Act 1980;\n“integrated transport area” has the meaning given in section 77 (1) of the Local Transport Act 2008;\n“Integrated Transport Authority” means—\n(a) an authority which is known as an Integrated Transport Authority as a result of section 77 (2) of the Local Transport Act 2008, or\n(b) an authority established under Part 5 of that Act;\n“lead local flood authority” has the meaning given in section 6 (7) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010;\n“neighbourhood forum” means an organisation or body designated as such under section 61F(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“relevant strategy preparation stage” means—\n(a) the publication of a draft spatial development strategy timetable under section 12H (1) of the 2004 Act;\n(b) the submission of a draft spatial development strategy to the Secretary of State under regulation 17;\n(c) the submission of a draft spatial development strategy to the Secretary of State under section 12K (3) of the 2004 Act;\n(d) the holding of a vote on a resolution to adopt the spatial development strategy under section 12L (3) of the 2004 Act;\n“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England.\n(2) In these Regulations, a reference to—\n(a) a strategic planning authority’s website includes a reference to the website of a constituent authority of a strategic planning board;\n(b) a strategic planning authority’s principal office includes a reference to the principal office of a constituent authority of a strategic planning board.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 7. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 21. Section 106(1) was amended by section 4(4) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30); Schedule 3A was inserted by Schedule 1 to the Digital Economy Act 2017."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1980 c. 66. Section 1 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 21 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), section 259 (2) and (3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2008 c. 26. Section 77(1) renamed passenger transport areas established under section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73) as integrated transport areas."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 77(2) renamed metropolitan county passenger transport authorities established under section 28 (1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) as Integrated Transport Authorities."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2010 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1990 c. 8. Section 61F was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and amended by section 5 (2) of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "See section 12A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 for the meaning of “strategic planning authority”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "See section 12B of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 for the meaning of “constituent authority” and “strategic planning board”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1162/regulation/2",
    "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."
}