UK Statutory Instrument SI 1988 United Kingdom

The Town and Country Planning (Unitary Development Plans) Regulations 1988

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Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 19 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.006 Unitary development plans: title Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must follow specific naming rules for development plansLocal authority
s.007 Maps Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must follow specific standards for development plan mapsLocal authority
s.008 Explanations of policy Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must justify policies in Unitary Development PlansLocal authority
s.009 Proposed plan open to inspection: notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must publicise proposed development plansLocal authority
s.011 Notice of withdrawal of a proposed plan Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must advertise the withdrawal of development plansLocal authority
s.012 Modification of a proposed plan by the local planning authority Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must notify of proposed plan modificationsLocal authority
s.013 Notice of a local inquiry or other hearing Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Council must provide 6 weeks' notice for development plan hearingsLocal authority
s.014 Local inquiry to be held in public Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must hold unitary development plan inquiries in publicLocal authority
s.015 Consideration of the report of a local inquiry or other hearing Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must publish decisions and reasons following planning inquiriesLocal authority
s.016 Consideration of objections without an inquiry or other hearing Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must document decisions on plan objections made without a hearingLocal authority
s.017 Action prior to adopting a unitary development plan Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must follow notification procedures before adopting a planLocal authority
s.018 Notice of adoption of a unitary development plan Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must notify the public and Crown of plan adoptionLocal authority
s.019 Modification of a proposed plan by the Secretary of State Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must notify the public of plan modificationsLocal authority
s.020 Notice of an examination, inquiry or other hearing on behalf of the Secretary of State Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must provide notice of plan inquiries or hearingsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.021 Notification of a decision by the Secretary of State Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local Authority must advertise the Secretary of State's decision on a planLocal authority
s.023 Alteration or replacement Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must follow procedures for altering development plansLocal authority
s.024 Availability of documents for inspection Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must keep development plans available for public inspectionLocal authority
s.025 Making of unitary development plans by the Secretary of State Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must follow planning rules when making development plansCrown / Minister / Government department
s.026 Availability of copy documents Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must provide copies of development plan documentsLocal authority
9 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application
s.004 Prescribed period for making representations
s.005 Action Areas: prescribed period
s.010 Objections
s.022 Joint plans
s.027 Printing of unitary development plans
s.(forms of notice) (Forms of Notice)

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