Introductory text
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND
Made at 8.19 a.m. on 3rd March 2026
Laid before Parliament 4th March 2026
Coming into force 25th March 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15B(5), (10) and (11), 15BA(3)(b) and (4), 15BB(4), 15C(5), 15CA(3), (6)(i) and (8)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), 15CB(4) and (8), 15CC(11) and (12), 15D(1) and (2), 15DA(3)(b), 15DB(4), 15G(2)(c), 15IB(4) and (5), 15IC(10) and (11), 15JB(6) and (7), 15LD(2)(a) and (b), 15LE(1) and (2)(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (m), (n) and (p), 17(6A) and (7), 19(2)(j), 20(3), 25(b), 28(9) and (11), 28C(6) and (7), 31(6) and (7), 33A(1)(c) and (9), 35(2), 36 and 122(3)(a) and (b) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004f1.
Annotations
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2004 c. 5. Sections 15B, 15BA, 15C, 15CA, 15CB, 15CC, 15D, 15DA, 15DB, 15G, 15IB, 15IC, 15JB, 15LD and 15LE of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) (“the Act”) were inserted by section 97 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55) (“the LURA”). Sections 17, 19, 20, 25, 28, 28C, 31, 35 and 36 of the Act were repealed by section 97 of, and Schedule 7 to, the LURA but are saved by S.I. 2026/169, as they had effect immediately before 25th March 2026, for purposes related to certain existing or proposed local development documents. Section 33A of the Act was repealed by section 97 of, and Schedule 7 to, the LURA. Section 122(1) of the Act provides that a power to prescribe is a power to prescribe by regulations, exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to England or the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales. Section 15BB(4) of the Act applies sections 15B(5) and (10), and 15BA(3)(b) and (4) in relation to a minerals and waste plan timetable as they apply in relation to a local plan timetable. Section 15CB(8) of the Act applies Part 2 of the Act in relation to a minerals and waste plan as it applies in relation to a local plan, subject to the exceptions set out at section 15CB(10); Part 2 of the Act has been modified in relation to a minerals and waste plan by S.I. 2026/170.