Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

19 Preparation of local development documents

(1) Local development documents must be prepared in accordance with the local development scheme.

(2) In preparing a local development document the local planning authority must have regard to—

(a) national policies and advice contained in guidance issued by the Secretary of State;

(b) the RSS for the region in which the area of the authority is situated, if the area is outside Greater London;

(c) the spatial development strategy if the authority are a London borough or if any part of the authority’s area adjoins Greater London;

(d) the RSS for any region which adjoins the area of the authority;

(e) the Wales Spatial Plan if any part of the authority’s area adjoins Wales;

(f) the community strategy prepared by the authority;

(g) the community strategy for any other authority whose area comprises any part of the area of the local planning authority;

(h) any other local development document which has been adopted by the authority;

(i) the resources likely to be available for implementing the proposals in the document;

(j) such other matters as the Secretary of State prescribes.

(3) In preparing the other local development documents the authority must also comply with their statement of community involvement.

(4) But subsection (3) does not apply at any time before the authority have adopted their statement of community involvement.

(5) The local planning authority must also—

(a) carry out an appraisal of the sustainability of the proposals in each document;

(b) prepare a report of the findings of the appraisal.

(6) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—

(a) as to any further documents which must be prepared by the authority in connection with the preparation of a local development document;

(b) as to the form and content of such documents.

(7) The community strategy is the strategy prepared by an authority under section 4 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22).