Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

70 Regional strategy

(1) There is to be a regional strategy for each region other than London.

(2) The regional strategy for a region is to set out—

(a) policies in relation to sustainable economic growth in the region, and

(b) policies in relation to the development and use of land in the region.

(3) In subsection (2)(a) and (b) references to the region include any part of the region.

(4) The policies referred to in subsection (2)(a) and (b) are to include policies designed to contribute to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.

(5) If to any extent a policy set out in the regional strategy conflicts with any other statement or information in the strategy, the conflict is to be resolved in favour of the policy.

(6) On the day on which this section comes into force the regional strategy for a region is to consist of—

(a) the regional spatial strategy for the region subsisting immediately before that day, and

(b) the regional economic strategy for the region subsisting immediately before that day.

(7) In a case where the area of a National Park falls within two or more regions, the Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the National Park is for the purposes of this Part to be treated as falling wholly within a region specified in the regulations.

(8) In this section “development” and “land” have the same meanings as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) (see section 336 of that Act).