Explanatory Notes

Planning Act 2008

2008 CHAPTER 29

26 November 2008

Commentary

Part 9, Chapter 2: Other changes to existing planning regimes

Section 181: Regional spatial strategies: climate change policies

290.Section 181 amends PCPA 2004 to require regional spatial strategies to include policies on climate change. These policies must be designed to secure that the development and use of land in the region to which a regional spatial strategy relates contribute to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.