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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-unitary-development-plans-regulations-1988/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Unitary Development Plans) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-unitary-development-plans-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Explanations of policy",
  "text": "The reasoned justification of the general policies in Part I and of the proposals in Part II of a unitary development plan shall itself include—\n(a) a statement of the regard which the authority have had in formulating the general policies in Part I to—\n(i) any strategic guidance which the Secretary of State has given the authority to assist them in preparing the plan;\n(ii) current national and regional policies;\n(iii) the resources likely to be available to carry out the general policies set out in the plan;\n(iv) social considerations;\n(v) any policies and proposals of an urban development corporation which may, or may be expected to, affect their area; and\n(b) a statement of the account which the authority have taken of any enterprise zone scheme in their area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/139/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:12:34.465459+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."
}