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11Format of local development schemes and documentsE+W

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(1)Section 36 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (regulations under Part 2) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).

(2)In the heading after “Regulations” insert “ and standards ”.

(3)After subsection (2) insert—

(3)The Secretary of State may from time to time publish data standards for—

(a)local development schemes,

(b)local development documents, or

(c)local development documents of a particular kind.

(4)For this purpose a “data standard” is a written standard which contains technical specifications for a scheme or document or the data contained in a scheme or document.

(5)A local planning authority must comply with the data standards published under subsection (3) in preparing, publishing, maintaining or revising a scheme or document to which the standards apply.

(4)In section 15(8AA) of that Act (cases in which direction to revise local development scheme may be given by Secretary of State or Mayor of London)—

(a)after “only if” insert “ —(a) ”, and

(b)at the end of paragraph (a) insert , or

(b)the Secretary of State has published data standards under section 36(3) which apply to the local development scheme and the person giving the direction thinks that the scheme should be revised so that it complies with the standards.

Commencement Information

I1S. 11 in force at 19.7.2017 by S.I. 2017/767, reg. 2(c)

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