{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Duty to co-operate",
  "text": "(1) The bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 33A(1)(c) of the Act are—\n(a) the Environment Agency;\n(b) the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (known as English Heritage);\n(c) Natural England;\n(d) the Mayor of London;\n(e) the Civil Aviation Authority ;\n(f) the Homes and Communities Agency;\n(g) each integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;\n(ga) NHS England;\n(h) the Office of Rail and Road;\n(i) Transport for London ;\n(j) each Integrated Transport Authority ;\n(k) each highway authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Highways Act 1980 (including the Secretary of State, where the Secretary of State is the highways authority); and\n(l) the Marine Management Organisation.\n(2) The bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 33A(9) of the Act are—\n(a) each local enterprise partnership; and\n(b) each local nature partnership.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“local enterprise partnership” means a body, designated by the Secretary of State, which is established for the purpose of creating or improving the conditions for economic growth in an area; and\n“local nature partnership” means a body, designated by the Secretary of State, which is established for the purpose of protecting and improving the natural environment in an area and the benefits derived from it.",
  "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": "Reg. 4(1)(g) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), regs. 1(2), 55(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 4(1)(g)(ga) substituted for reg. 4(1)(g) (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 169(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(1)(h) substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(ee)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 4(2) substituted (12.11.2012) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2613), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 4(3) substituted (12.11.2012) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2613), regs. 1(1), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See section 2 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982(c.16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 15 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c.20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See section 154 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "See sections 77 and 78 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1980 c.66."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/767/regulation/4",
    "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."
}