The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012

Local plans and supplementary planning documents: additional matters to which regard is to be had E+W

10.—(1) The matters (additional to those specified in section 19(2)(a) to (i) of the Act) prescribed for the purposes of section 19(2)(j) of the Act are—

(a) policies developed by a local transport authority in accordance with section 108 of the Transport Act 2000 M1 ;

[F1 (b) the objectives of preventing major accidents and limiting the consequences of such accidents for human health and the environment by pursuing those objectives through the controls described in Article 13 of Council Directive 2012/18/EU;]

[F2 (c) the need, in the long term—

(i) to maintain appropriate safety distances between establishments and residential areas, buildings and areas of public use, recreational areas, and, as far as possible, major transport routes;

(ii) to protect areas of particular natural sensitivity or interest in the vicinity of establishments, where appropriate through appropriate safety distances or other relevant measures;

(ii) in the case of existing establishments, to take additional technical measures, in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, so as not to increase the risks to human health and the environment.]

(d) the national waste management plan (which has the same meaning as in the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 M2 );

(e) where a local planning authority's area is adjacent to Wales, the Planning Policy Wales, published by the Welsh Government in February 2011; and

(f) where a local planning authority's area is adjacent to Scotland, the National Planning Framework for Scotland, published by the Scottish Government in June 2009.

(2) Expressions appearing both in paragraph (1) and in [F3 Directive 2012/18/EU] have the same meaning as in that Directive.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 10(1)(b) substituted (1.6.2015) by The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/627), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 4(2)(a) (with reg. 34)

F2 Reg. 10(1)(c) substituted (1.6.2015) by The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/627), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 4(2)(b) (with reg. 34)

F3 Words in reg. 10(2) substituted (1.6.2015) by The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/627), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 4(2)(c) (with reg. 34)

Marginal Citations

M1 2000 c.38.

M2 S.I. 2011/988.