{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/767",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Direction in respect of a supplementary planning document",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may at any time direct a local planning authority —\n(a) not to adopt a supplementary planning document until the Secretary of State decides whether to give a direction under section 21(1) of the Act; and\n(b) to send to the Secretary of State a copy of the supplementary planning document made available under regulation 12(b).\n(2) A direction made under paragraph (1) is treated as withdrawn on the date on which the local planning authority receive—\n(a) a statement that the Secretary of State does not intend to give a direction under section 21(1) of the Act; or\n(b) a direction from the Secretary of State under section 21(1) of the Act.\n(3) If the Secretary of State gives a direction under section 21(1) of the Act in respect of a supplementary planning document, the local planning authority must—\n(a) make a copy of the direction and the supplementary planning document available in accordance with regulation 35; and\n(b) at the time they comply with regulation 14, make—\n(i) the supplementary planning document; and\n(ii) a statement that the Secretary of State has withdrawn the direction, or a copy of the Secretary of State's notice under section 21(2)(b) of the Act,\navailable in accordance with regulation 35.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/767/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:37:22.416733+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."
}