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The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012

S.I. 2012/767 · Made 8 March 2012 · Extends to England and Wales

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Town And Country Planning, England

Made 8th March 2012

Laid before Parliament 15th March 2012

Coming into force 6th April 2012

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(7), 19(2)(j), 20(3), 28(9) and (11), 31(6) and (7), 33A(1)(c) and (9), 35(2) and 36 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 M1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (25.3.2026) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/186), regs. 1(2), 90 (with Sch. and with savings in S.I. 2026/169, reg. 1(3), Sch. 1)

Marginal citations

M1

2004 c.5. Section 17(7) was amended by section 180(3)(d) of the Planning Act 2008 (c.29). Section 33A was inserted by section 110 of the Localism Act 2011 (c.20). See section 122(1) for the definition of “prescribed”.

Contents

  1. Part 1: General
  2. 1Citation, commencement and application
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Electronic communications
  5. Part 2: Duty to co-operate
  6. 4Duty to co-operate
  7. Part 3: Local development documents and directions by the Mayor of London
  8. 5Local development documents
  9. 6Local plans
  10. 7Direction by the Mayor of London
  11. Part 4: Form and content of documents and regard to be had to certain matters
  12. 8Form and content of local plans and supplementary planning documents: general
  13. 9Form and content of the adopted policies map
  14. 10Local plans and supplementary planning documents: additional matters to which regard is to be had
  15. 10AReview of local development documents
  16. Part 5: Supplementary planning documents
  17. 11Application and interpretation of Part 5
  18. 12Public participation
  19. 13Representations on supplementary planning documents
  20. 14Adoption of supplementary planning documents
  21. 15Revocation or withdrawal of a supplementary planning document
  22. 16Direction in respect of a supplementary planning document
  23. Part 6: Local plans
  24. 17Application and interpretation of Part 6
  25. 18Preparation of a local plan
  26. 19Publication of a local plan
  27. 20Representations relating to a local plan
  28. 21Conformity with the London Plan
  29. 22Submission of documents and information to the Secretary of State
  30. 23Consideration of representations by appointed person
  31. 24Independent examination
  32. 25Publication of the recommendations of the appointed person
  33. 26Adoption of a local plan
  34. 27Withdrawal of a local plan
  35. 28Revocation of a local plan
  36. 29Direction in respect of a local plan
  37. 30Call-in
  38. 31Secretary of State's default power
  39. Part 7: Joint local plans or supplementary planning documents
  40. 32Joint local plans or supplementary planning documents: corresponding documents
  41. 32AJoint local plans prepared under direction by the Secretary of State: corresponding documents and corresponding joint development plan documents
  42. 33Joint committees: corresponding documents and corresponding schemes
  43. Part 8: Authorities' monitoring reports
  44. 34Authorities' monitoring reports
  45. Part 9: Availability of documents
  46. 35Availability of documents: general
  47. 36Copies of documents
  48. 36ACoronavirus: temporary modifications of Part 9
  49. 36BCoronavirus: transitional provision in respect of documents made available during the relevant period
  50. Part 10: Revocation and Saving
  51. 37Revocation
  52. 38Saving
  53. Signature
  54. Schedule 1: Call-in by the Secretary of State
  55. 1Paragraph 1
  56. 2Making available a direction given under section 21(4)
  57. 2AProvision of a copy of a direction to the local planning authority concerned
  58. 3Procedure for pre-submission local plans: direction under paragraph section 21(4)
  59. 3AProcedure for pre-submission local plans: direction under paragraph 8(5) of Schedule A1
  60. 4Changes proposed by the Secretary of State to a local plan
  61. 5Representations on proposed changes
  62. 6Publication of the recommendations of the person appointed to carry out the independent examination
  63. 7Secretary of State's decision
  64. 8Removal of documents after rejection of a local plan
  65. Schedule 2: The relevant authority’s default power
  66. 1Paragraph 1
  67. 2Paragraph 2
  68. Explanatory note