Section 15 Adoption of unitary development plan by local planning authority.

England and Wales

F1(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this section and sections 17 and 18, the local planning authority may by resolution adopt the unitary development plan, either as originally prepared or as modified so as to take account of—

(a)

any objections to the plan; or

(b)

any other considerations which appear to them to be material.

(2)

A unitary development plan shall not be adopted unless Part II of the plan is in general conformity with Part I.

F2(2A)

A unitary development plan shall not be adopted by a London borough council unless Parts I and II of the plan are in general conformity with the spatial development strategy.

(3)

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)

Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter and to section 287, a unitary development plan F4 for an area in England shall become operative on the date on which it is adopted.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 15(1) substituted (25.11.1991 for certain purposes and otherwise 10.2.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. I, para. 6 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2728, art. 2; S.I. 1991/2905, art. 4
F2: S. 15(2A) inserted (12.1.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 344(6) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art. 2
F3: S. 15(3) repealed (27.3.2002) by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), art. 5(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 6)
F4: Words in s. 15(3) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 3 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2

Notes on Part II

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 2 (ss. 10-54A) repealed (6.8.2004 for certain purposes, 28.9.2004 for. E and 15.10.2005 for W.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 120, 121, Sch. 9 (with s. 111); S.I. 2004/2097, art. 2, S.I. 2004/2202, {art. 2(k)}, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 4, Sch. 2); S.I. 2005/2847, art. 2(g), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 3, Sch. 2); and ss. 12(3A), 31(3), 36(3) modified (1.4.2010) by S.I. 2010/490, reg. 39(2)

Notes on Chapter I

Modifications

C1

Pt. II Ch. I (ss. 10-28): power to apply conferred (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 67(2)(a)(4), 125(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)

Pt. II Ch. 1 (ss. 10-28) amended (1.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1210, art. 6(2)