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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/186",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 4",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“gateway 3 completion statement” means a statement confirming the date on which the local planning authority was advised under section 15CA(3) of the Act and regulation 31 (gateway 3: prescribed requirements assessment) or (as the case may be) regulation 33 (repeat of gateway 3), by a person appointed by the Secretary of State, that each of the requirements prescribed by regulation 32 are met in relation to their proposed local plan;\n“gateway 3 submission documents” means the following documents—\n(a) the local planning authority’s proposed local plan that they intend to submit to the Secretary of State for independent examination under section 15D(1) of the Act;\n(b) the local planning authority’s map of proposed local plan policies;\n(c) a statement of compliance;\n(d) a statement of soundness;\n(e) a statement setting out a summary of the consultation and engagement activities carried out by the local planning authority in preparing their proposed local plan;\n(f) the local planning authority’s summary of scoping consultation;\n(g) the local planning authority’s summary of consultation on proposed local plan content and evidence;\n(h) the local planning authority’s summary of consultation on the proposed local plan;\n(i) where regulation 28 (conformity with operative spatial development strategy) applies to the local planning authority, copies of any representations made in accordance with that regulation;\n(j) a statement setting out the local planning authority’s practical arrangements demonstrating readiness for examination;\n(k) where regulation 29 (supplementary plans statement) applies to the local planning authority, a supplementary plans statement;\n(l) where an environmental report has been prepared in accordance with regulation 12 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004, a copy of that report;\n(m) where the local planning authority have determined under regulation 9 (1) of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 that the proposed local plan is unlikely to have significant environmental effects (and, accordingly, does not require an environmental assessment), a copy of the statement of its reasons for the determination prepared under regulation 9 (3) of those Regulations;\n(n) such other documents or information as the local planning authority consider necessary to support the person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 15CA(3) of the Act in providing observations and advice of the nature specified in regulation 31(2) (gateway 3: prescribed requirements assessment) or (as the case may be) regulation 33(3) (repeat of gateway 3);\n“statement of compliance” means a statement setting out the following information—\n(a) details of how the proposed local plan complies with, or the local planning authority have complied with, the requirements prescribed by regulation 32 (gateway 3: prescribed requirements);\n(b) where the proposed local plan does not include content of the nature specified in regulation 11(4) (superseded policies), an explanation as to why the local planning authority consider that this requirement is not engaged in relation to the plan;\n(c) where a spatial development strategy is operative in relation to the area of the local planning authority, how the authority have prepared their proposed local plan to be in general conformity with that strategy, in accordance with section 15CA(2) of the Act;\n(d) details of where observations or advice made available in accordance with regulation 26(5)(a) (gateway 2) are available for inspection and of the places and times which they can be inspected;\n“statement of soundness” means a statement setting out details of the evidence which the local planning authority has gathered to support their proposed local plan and how the authority consider that this evidence demonstrates that it would be reasonable for the examiner to conclude that the plan is sound;\n“summary of consultation on proposed local plan content and evidence” means the document referred to in regulation 24;\n“summary of consultation on the proposed local plan” means the document referred to in regulation 30;\n“summary of scoping consultation” means the document referred to in regulation 22;\n“supplementary plans statement” means the document referred to in regulation 29.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/1633, amended by S.I. 2025/82; there are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 15LH(3) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 for the definition of “spatial development strategy” applying to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:31.026098+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."
}