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

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and application

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Electronic communications

3. PART 2 Duty to co-operate

   1. 4. Duty to co-operate

4. PART 3 Local development documents and directions by the Mayor of London

   1. 5. Local development documents

   2. 6. Local plans

   3. 7. Direction by the Mayor of London

5. PART 4 Form and content of documents and regard to be had to certain matters

   1. 8. Form and content of local plans and supplementary planning documents: general

   2. 9. Form and content of the adopted policies map

   3. 10. Local plans and supplementary planning documents: additional matters to which regard is to be had

   4. 10A. Review of local development documents

6. PART 5 Supplementary planning documents

   1. 11. Application and interpretation of Part 5

   2. 12. Public participation

   3. 13. Representations on supplementary planning documents

   4. 14. Adoption of supplementary planning documents

   5. 15. Revocation or withdrawal of a supplementary planning document

   6. 16. Direction in respect of a supplementary planning document

7. PART 6 Local plans

   1. 17. Application and interpretation of Part 6

   2. 18. Preparation of a local plan

   3. 19. Publication of a local plan

   4. 20. Representations relating to a local plan

   5. 21. Conformity with the London Plan

   6. 22. Submission of documents and information to the Secretary of State

   7. 23. Consideration of representations by appointed person

   8. 24. Independent examination

   9. 25. Publication of the recommendations of the appointed person

   10. 26. Adoption of a local plan

   11. 27. Withdrawal of a local plan

   12. 28. Revocation of a local plan

   13. 29. Direction in respect of a local plan

   14. 30. Call-in

   15. 31. Secretary of State's default power

8. PART 7 Joint local plans or supplementary planning documents

   1. 32. Joint local plans or supplementary planning documents: corresponding documents

   2. 32A. Joint local plans prepared under direction by the Secretary of State: corresponding documents and corresponding joint development plan documents

   3. 33. Joint committees: corresponding documents and corresponding schemes

9. PART 8 Authorities' monitoring reports

   1. 34. Authorities' monitoring reports

10. PART 9 Availability of documents

    1. 35. Availability of documents: general

    2. 36. Copies of documents

    3. 36A. Coronavirus: temporary modifications of Part 9

    4. 36B. Coronavirus: transitional provision in respect of documents made available during the relevant period

11. PART 10 Revocation and Saving

    1. 37. Revocation

    2. 38. Saving

12. Signature

13. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Call-in by the Secretary of State

       1. 1. This Schedule applies where the Secretary of State gives a...

       2. 2. Making available a direction given under section 21(4)

       3. 2A. Provision of a copy of a direction to the local planning authority concerned

       4. 3. Procedure for pre-submission local plans: direction under paragraph section 21(4)

       5. 3A. Procedure for pre-submission local plans: direction under paragraph 8(5) of Schedule A1

       6. 4. Changes proposed by the Secretary of State to a local plan

       7. 5. Representations on proposed changes

       8. 6. Publication of the recommendations of the person appointed to carry out the independent examination

       9. 7. Secretary of State's decision

       10. 8. Removal of documents after rejection of a local plan

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       The relevant authority’s default power

       1. 1. (1) This Schedule applies where— (a) the Secretary of State...

       2. 2. (1) The relevant authority must comply with section 19(2) of...

14. Explanatory Note