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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/regulation-18",
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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/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Preparation of a new local plan",
  "text": "(1) A local planning authority must begin preparation of a new local plan to replace the existing one within the period of five years beginning with the day after the date on which—\n(a) the authority passed a resolution adopting the existing local plan under section 15EA of the Act, or\n(b) the existing local plan was approved under Part 2 of the Act.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a local planning authority has begun preparation of a new local plan once they have complied with regulation 21(3) (gateway 1: self-assessment of readiness to begin local plan preparation) in relation to the new local plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/regulation/18",
    "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."
}