The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012

Local plans and supplementary planning documents: additional matters to which regard is to be had

10.—(1) The matters (additional to those specified in section 19(2)(a) to (i) of the Act) prescribed for the purposes of section 19(2)(j) of the Act are—

(a) policies developed by a local transport authority in accordance with section 108 of the Transport Act 2000(1);

(b) the objectives of preventing major accidents and limiting the consequences of such accidents by pursuing those objectives through the controls described in Article 12 of Council Directive 96/82/EC;

(c) the need—

(i) in the long term, to maintain appropriate distances between establishments and residential areas, buildings and areas of public use, major transport routes as far as possible, recreational areas and areas of particular natural sensitivity or interest, and

(ii) in the case of existing establishments, for additional technical measures in accordance with Article 5 of Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances so as not to increase the risks to people;

(d) the national waste management plan (which has the same meaning as in the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011(2));

(e) where a local planning authority’s area is adjacent to Wales, the Planning Policy Wales, published by the Welsh Government in February 2011; and

(f) where a local planning authority’s area is adjacent to Scotland, the National Planning Framework for Scotland, published by the Scottish Government in June 2009.

(2) Expressions appearing both in paragraph (1) and in Council Directive 96/82/EC (as amended by Council Directive 2003/105/EC) have the same meaning as in that Directive.

(1)

2000 c.38.

(2)

S.I. 2011/988.