Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023

Prospective

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 U.K.

12 In Schedule 13 (blighted land), in paragraph 1A—

(a) for “development plan document”, in the first place it appears, substitute “local plan, minerals and waste plan or supplementary plan”;

(b) for Note (2) substitute—

“(2) For the purposes of this paragraph a local plan is a local plan, or revision of such a plan, which—

(a) has been submitted for independent examination under Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (in this paragraph, “the 2004 Act”) and has not been withdrawn, or

(b) has been adopted, approved or made for the purposes of that Part.

(2ZA) For the purposes of this paragraph a minerals and waste plan is a document prepared to be or to form part of a minerals and waste plan, or a revision of such a document, which—

(a) has been submitted for independent examination under Part 2 of the 2004 Act and has not been withdrawn, or

(b) has been adopted, approved or made for the purposes of that Part.

(2ZB) For the purposes of this paragraph a supplementary plan is a supplementary plan, or a revision of such a plan, which—

(a) has been submitted for independent examination under Part 2 of the 2004 Act and has not been withdrawn, or

(b) has been adopted, approved or made for the purposes of that Part.”;

(c) omit Note (3);

(d) for Note (4) substitute—

“(4) In Notes (2) to (2ZB) the references to submission of a local plan, a supplementary plan, a document or a revision for independent examination under Part 2 of the 2004 Act are to be taken to include any case where an independent examination is held under that Part.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 8 para. 12 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(3)(b)