2013 No. 934

Town And Country Planning, England

The Regional Strategy for the North West (Revocation) Order 2013

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

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 North West (Revocation) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 20th May 2013.

2

This Order applies in relation to England only.

Revocation of Regional Strategy2

1

The Regional Strategy for the North West comprises—

a

the regional spatial strategy for the region (“the RSS”)2; and

b

the regional economic strategy for the region (“the RES”)3.

2

The Regional Strategy for the North West is revoked.

Revocation of directions preserving structure plans3

All directions under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 20044 preserving policies contained in structure plans in the area to which the RSS relates are revoked.

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

Nick BolesParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Communities and Local Government
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 whole or any part of a regional strategy under Part 5 of the 2009 Act and any remaining structure plan policies that were saved as part of the transitional provisions under Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 20047.

This Order makes use of those powers to revoke the Regional Strategy for the North West, and all directions preserving policies contained in structure plans in the corresponding area.