F1Part 1AStrategic plan-making
Supplementary
12WMeaning of “spatial development strategy” etc
(1)
In this Part “spatial development strategy” means, as the context requires—
(a)
a strategy adopted by a strategic planning authority under section 12L,
(b)
a strategy approved by the Secretary of State under section 12P(9)(a) or (b) or 12Q(2)(a) or (b), or
(c)
a strategy in preparation by a strategic planning authority in accordance with this Part.
(2)
In sections 12B(4)(c), 12C(6)(b)(iv), 12H(2)(f) and 12M(3)(b)—
(a)
“spatial development strategy” includes—
(i)
the spatial development strategy for London,
(ii)
a spatial development strategy adopted by a combined authority in accordance with regulations under section 105A of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, and
(iii)
a spatial development strategy adopted by a combined county authority in accordance with regulations under section 19 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023; and
(b)
“person responsible for preparing a spatial development strategy” is to be read accordingly.
(3)
For the purposes of sections 12M to 12O, a spatial development strategy approved by the Secretary of State under a power specified in subsection (1)(b) is to be regarded as the spatial development strategy of the strategic planning authority in relation to which the power is exercised.