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Section 24: Conformity with regional strategy

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 · 2004 c. 5View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Local development

The local development documents must be in general conformity with—

the regional strategy (if the area of the local planning authority is in a region other than London);
the spatial development strategy (if the local planning authority are a London borough or a Mayoral development corporation).

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A local planning authority which are a London borough or a Mayoral development corporation —

must request the opinion in writing of the Mayor of London as to the general conformity of a development plan document with the spatial development strategy;
may request the opinion in writing of the Mayor as to the general conformity of any other local development document with the spatial development strategy.

Whether or not the local planning authority make a request mentioned in subsection (4), the Mayor may give an opinion as to the general conformity of a local development document with the spatial development strategy

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If in the opinion of the Mayor a document is not in general conformity with the spatial development strategy the Mayor must be taken to have made representations seeking a change to the document.

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