Regulation 8 Form and content of local plans and supplementary planning documents: generalF1

A local plan or a supplementary planning document must—

A local plan or a supplementary planning document must contain a reasoned justification of the policies contained in it.

Any policies contained in a supplementary planning document must not conflict with the adopted development plan.

Subject to paragraph (5), the policies contained in a local plan must be consistent with the adopted development plan.

Where a local plan contains a policy that is intended to supersede another policy in the adopted development plan, it must state that fact and identify the superseded policy.