Part 9Changes to existing planning regimes

Chapter 2Other changes to existing planning regimes

Climate change

F1I1181Regional spatial strategies: climate change policies

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I2182Development plan documents: climate change policies

In section 19 of PCPA 2004 (preparation of local development documents) after subsection (1) insert—

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Development plan documents must (taken as a whole) include policies designed to secure that the development and use of land in the local planning authority's area contribute to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.