{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Form and content of local plans and supplementary planning documents: general",
  "text": "(1) A local plan or a supplementary planning document must—\n(a) contain the date on which the document is adopted; and\n(b) indicate whether the document is a local plan or a supplementary planning document.\n(2) A local plan or a supplementary planning document must contain a reasoned justification of the policies contained in it.\n(3) Any policies contained in a supplementary planning document must not conflict with the adopted development plan.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the policies contained in a local plan must be consistent with the adopted development plan.\n(5) 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that is intended to supersede another policy in the adopted development plan, it must state that fact and identify the superseded policy.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}