Local development documents: additional matters to which regard to be had
15.—(1) The matters (additional to those specified in section 19(2)(a) to (i)) prescribed for the purposes of section 19(2) are–
(a)the strategy prepared under section 7 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998(1) for the region in which the area of the local planning authority is situated;
(b)any local transport plan, the policies of which affect any part of the local planning authority’s area;
(c)any other policies prepared under section 108(1) and (2) of the Transport Act 2000 which affect any part of the local planning authority’s area(2);
(d)the objectives of preventing major accidents and limiting the consequences of such accidents;
(e)the need–
(i)in the long term, to maintain appropriate distances between establishments and residential areas, buildings and areas of public use, major transport routes as far as possible, recreational areas and areas of particular natural sensitivity or interest, and
(ii)in the case of existing establishments, for additional technical measures in accordance with Article 5 of Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances(3) so as not to increase the risks to people
(f)the national waste strategy;
(g)where a local planning authority’s area or part of the area adjoins Scotland, the National Planning Framework for Scotland, published by the Scottish Executive in April 2004.
(2) Expressions appearing both in paragraph (1) and in Council Directive 96/82/EC (as amended by Council Directive 2003/105/EC(4)) have the same meaning as in that Directive.
(3) In paragraph 1(b) “local transport plan” has the same meaning as in section 108(3) of the Transport Act 2000.
O.J. No. L10, 14.1.1997, p. 13.
O.J. No. L345, 31.12.2003, p. 0097-0105.