Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

Spatial plan

60 Wales Spatial Plan

(1) There must be a spatial plan for Wales to be known as the “Wales Spatial Plan”.

(2) The Wales Spatial Plan must set out such of the policies (however expressed) of the National Assembly for Wales as it thinks appropriate in relation to the development and use of land in Wales.

(3) The Assembly must—

(a) prepare and publish the Plan;

(b) keep under review the Plan;

(c) consider from time to time whether it should be revised.

(4) If the Assembly revises the Plan, it must publish (as it considers appropriate)—

(a) the whole Plan as revised, or

(b) the revised parts.

(5) The Assembly must consult such persons or bodies as it considers appropriate in preparing or revising the Plan.

(6) The Plan and any revision of it must be approved by the Assembly.

(7) The Assembly must not delegate its function under subsection (6).