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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-planning-england-regulations-2026/schedule/paragraph-7",
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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": "schedule/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Commencing local plan preparation",
  "text": "A local planning authority to whom this paragraph applies in accordance with paragraph 6 must comply with regulation 21 (making available a self-assessment summary)—\n(a) on or after the latest of—\n(i) the first day after the end of the period of four months beginning with the date on which the authority made available their notice of intention to commence local plan preparation under regulation 19(1), and\n(ii) the day after the date specified in the authority’s notice of scoping consultation, and\n(b) in any event, no later than on the date at the end of the period of five years beginning with the day after the date on which the development plan document which establishes the housing requirement for the area was adopted or approved under Part 2 of the Act, as saved in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Commencement Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/186/schedule/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}