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<Text>The development plan for an area in Wales consists of—</Text>
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<Text>any strategic development plan for an area that includes all or part of the area in question, and</Text>
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<Text>the local development plan for the area in question.</Text>
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<Text>If a policy in the development plan for an area conflicts to any extent with another policy in the development plan, the conflict must be resolved in favour of the policy contained in the last document to be adopted, approved or published.</Text>
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