Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 2613 of 2012)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2012 No. 2613 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Made - - - - 8th October 2012 Laid before Parliament 18th October 2012 Coming into force - - 12th November 2012 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33A(9) and 122(1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004(a), makes the following Regulations. Citation, commencement and application 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 12th November 2012. (2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only. Amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 2.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012(b) are amended as follows. (2) For regulation 4(2) substitute— “(2) The bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 33A(9) of the Act are— (a) each local enterprise partnership; and (b) each local nature partnership.”. (3) For regulation 4(3) substitute— “(3) In this regulation— “local enterprise partnership” means a body, designated by the Secretary of State, which is established for the purpose of creating or improving the conditions for economic growth in an area; and “local nature partnership” means a body, designated by the Secretary of State, which is established for the purpose of protecting and improving the natural environment in an area and the benefits derived from it.”. Richard Benyon Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (a) 2004 c.5. Section 33A was inserted by section 110(1) of the Localism Act 2011 (c.20). (b) S.I. 2012/767. Date 8th October 2012 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (“the Act”) established a system of local development planning in England. The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (“the Principal Regulations”) make provision for the operation of that system. Section 33A of the Act imposes a duty on local planning authorities, county councils and prescribed persons to co-operate with each other and with persons prescribed under section 33A(9) in relation to the planning of certain categories of sustainable development or use of land. Each person bound by this duty must also have regard to the activities of persons prescribed under section 33A(9), so far as they are relevant to activities specified in section 33A(3). These Regulations amend the Principal Regulations so that such prescribed persons include each local nature partnership. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen. Crown copyright 2012 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. £4.00 E4731 10/2012 124731T 19585 9 780111 529614 ISBN 978-0-11-152961-4