{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/regulation-31.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/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Secretary of State's default power",
  "text": "The provisions of Schedule 2 apply where—\n(a) the Secretary of State prepares a local plan under section 27 of the Act;\n(b) the Mayor of London prepares a local plan under paragraph 1 of Schedule A1 to the Act; ...\n(c) a combined authority prepares a local plan under paragraph 5 of Schedule A1 to the Act...; or\n(d) an upper-tier county council prepares a local plan under paragraph 7B of Schedule A1 to the Act.",
  "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 31 renumbered as reg. 31(a) (1.10.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/871), regs. 1(2), 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 31(b)(c) inserted (1.10.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/871), regs. 1(2), 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 31(b) omitted (15.1.2018) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1244), regs. 1(2), 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 31(c): full stop omitted (15.1.2018) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1244), regs. 1(2), 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in reg. 31(c) inserted (15.1.2018) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1244), regs. 1(2), 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 31(d) inserted (15.1.2018) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1244), regs. 1(2), 7(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/767/regulation/31",
    "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."
}