The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004

Form and content of local development documents: general

13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (9), an LDD must contain a reasoned justification of the policies contained in it.

(2) Subject to paragraph (9), those parts of an LDD which comprise the policies of the LDD and those parts which comprise the reasoned justification required by paragraph (1) must be clearly identified.

(3) An LDD must contain—

(a) a title which must–

(i) name the local planning authority by which the LDD is prepared, and

(ii) indicate whether the document is a DPD or a SPD; and

(b) a sub-title which must indicate–

(i) the subject matter of the document, and

(ii) the date on which the document is adopted.

(4) Subject to paragraph (9), and only if it includes a site allocation policy, a DPD must include a submission proposals map showing the changes which will result to the adopted proposals map if the DPD is adopted.

(5) Where a DPD contains a policy that is intended to supersede another policy, it must state that fact and identify the superceded policy.

(6) Subject to paragraphs (7), (9) and (10), the policies contained in a DPD must be in conformity with either—

(a) where a core strategy has been adopted, the policies in the core strategy, or

(b) in any other case, the policies in the development plan as referred to in paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 8 to the Act.

(7) Paragraph (6) does not apply in a case falling within paragraph (b) of that paragraph where the policies in the DPD are intended to supersede an old policy as defined in paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 8 to the Act.

(8) The policies in an SPD must be in conformity with–

(a) the policies in the core strategy,

(b) the policies in any other DPD, or

(c) if neither paragraph (a) nor (b) applies, an old policy.

(9) Paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (6) do not apply to the submission proposals map or the adopted proposals map.

(10) Paragraph (6) does not apply to the core strategy.