2012 No. 3046

Town And Country Planning, England

The Regional Strategy for the East of England (Revocation) Order 2012

Made6th December 2012

Laid before Parliament11th December 2012

Coming into force3rd January 2013

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 109(3), (5) and (6) of the Localism Act 20111, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Regional Strategy for the East of England (Revocation) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 3rd January 2013.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to England only.

Revocation of Regional Strategy2.

(1)

The Regional Strategy for the East of England comprises—

(a)

the regional spatial strategy published on 12^th May 2008 (“the RSS”) and any policies contained in revisions to the RSS 2; and

(b)

the regional economic strategy published in 20083.

(2)

The Regional Strategy for the East of England is revoked.

Revocation of directions preserving structure plans3.

All directions preserving policies contained in structure plans4 in the area to which the RSS relates are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Eric Pickles

Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

6th December 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 109 of the Localism Act 20115 abolished the regional planning tier by repealing Part 5 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 20096 (which only applied in relation to England). This includes the removal of the responsible regional authorities. Section 109 of the Localism Act 2011 also made provision to revoke, by order, the eight existing regional strategies and any remaining structure plan policies that were saved as part of the transitional provisions under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 20047.

This Order makes use of those powers to revoke the regional strategy for the East of England, and all directions preserving policies contained in structure plans in the corresponding area.