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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-7.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": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Secretary of State's decision",
  "text": "As soon as reasonably practicable after the Secretary of State approves, approves subject to specified modifications or rejects a local plan or part of it in accordance with section 21(9)(a) of, or paragraph 8(6) of Schedule A1 to, the Act, the local planning authority, and the Mayor of London, combined authority or upper-tier county council (as the case may be) where the decision in this paragraph is made under paragraph 8(6) of Schedule A1 to the Act, must—\n(a) make available in accordance with regulation 35—\n(i) the local plan and the reasons given by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 21(9)(b) of, or paragraph 8(6) of Schedule A1 to, the Act,\n(ii) a copy of the decision statement,\n(iii) a statement of the fact that the local plan and a copy of the Secretary of State's reasons are available for inspection and the places where and times when the document and reasons can be inspected, and\n(b) send a copy of the decision statement to any person who has asked to be notified of the Secretary of State's decision under section 21(9)(a) of, or paragraph 8(6) 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 Sch. 1 para. 7 inserted (1.10.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/871), regs. 1(2), 9(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 7 inserted (1.10.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/871), regs. 1(2), 9(10)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 7 substituted (15.1.2018) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1244), regs. 1(2), 10(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 7 inserted (1.10.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/871), regs. 1(2), 9(10)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/767/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}