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(1)The M1Town and Country Planning Act 1990 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 12 (preparation of unitary development plan) after subsection (3B) there shall be inserted—
“(3C)In the case of a London borough, Part I of the unitary development plan shall be in general conformity with the spatial development strategy for the time being in force.”
(3)In subsection (7) of that section (Part II to be in general conformity with Part I) after “Part I” there shall be inserted “ and, in the case of a London borough council, with the spatial development strategy ”.
(4)In section 13 (public participation) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
“(1A)Where the local planning authority for a London borough have prepared a unitary development plan, they shall, before complying with subsection (2), make an application in accordance with regulations under section 26 to the Mayor of London for his written opinion whether the unitary development plan is in general conformity with the spatial development strategy.”
(5)After subsection (5) of that section there shall be inserted—
“(5A)If, on an application under subsection (1A), the opinion given by the Mayor of London in accordance with regulations under section 26 is that the unitary development plan is not in general conformity with the spatial development strategy, the giving of the opinion shall be treated as the making by the Mayor of objections in accordance with the regulations.”
(6)In section 15 (adoption of unitary development plan by local planning authority) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
“(2A)A unitary development plan shall not be adopted by a London borough council unless Parts I and II of the plan are in general conformity with the spatial development strategy.”
(7)After section 21 there shall be inserted—
(1)Where—
(a)a local planning authority in Greater London propose to make, alter or replace a unitary development plan;
(b)copies of proposed alterations of, or of a proposed new spatial development strategy to replace, the spatial development strategy have been made available for inspection under section 335(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999; and
(c)the local planning authority include in any relevant copy of the plan or proposals a statement that they are making the permitted assumption,
the permitted assumption shall, subject to subsection (4), be made for all purposes (including in particular any question as to conformity between the plan and the spatial development strategy).
(2)In this section “the permitted assumption” means the assumption that—
(a)the proposed alterations or new spatial development strategy mentioned in subsection (1)(b); or
(b)if any proposed modifications to those proposed alterations or that new spatial development strategy have been published in accordance with regulations made under section 343 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, the proposed alterations or spatial development strategy as so modified,
have become operative under section 337(9) of that Act.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) a copy is a relevant copy of a plan or proposals if it is served on the Greater London Authority.
(4)The permitted assumption shall not be made at any time after the local planning authority know that the proposed alterations or new spatial development strategy mentioned in subsection (1)(b) have been withdrawn. ””
(8)In section 26 (regulations and directions) in subsection (2), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“(bb)make provision with respect to the making of an application to the Mayor of London for a written opinion under section 13(1A) and the giving by him of such an opinion (including provision as to the time within which such an application or opinion must be made or given);”.
(9)In section 74 (directions etc as to method of dealing with applications) after subsection (1A) there shall be inserted—
“(1B)Provision may be made by a development order—
(a)for enabling the Mayor of London in prescribed circumstances, and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, to direct the local planning authority for a London borough to refuse an application for planning permission of a prescribed description in any particular case;
(b)for prohibiting a local planning authority to which any such direction is given from implementing the direction in prescribed circumstances or during prescribed periods; and
(c)for modifying any provision of this Act relating to an appeal against a refusal of planning permission (and, in particular, any such provision concerning parties or costs) in its application in relation to a refusal in compliance with such a direction;
and in the preceding provisions of this subsection “prescribed” means prescribed by, or by directions made under, a development order.
(1C)In determining whether to exercise any power under subsection (1B) to direct a local planning authority to refuse an application, the Mayor of London shall have regard to—
(a)the development plan, and
(b)the spatial development strategy prepared and published under Part VIII of the Greater London Authority Act 1999,
so far as material to the application.”
(10)In section 336 (interpretation) the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place in subsection (1)—
““spatial development strategy” shall be construed in accordance with Part VIII of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (planning);”.
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