344 Amendments of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Implementation

344  Amendments of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

(1)     The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 shall be amended as follows.

(2)     In section 12 (preparation of unitary development plan) after subsection (3B) there shall be inserted—

“(3C)     In the case of a London borough, Part I of the unitary development plan shall be in general conformity with the spatial development strategy for the time being in force.”

(3)     In subsection (7) of that section (Part II to be in general conformity with Part I) after “Part I” there shall be inserted “and, in the case of a London borough council, with the spatial development strategy”.

(4)     In section 13 (public participation) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A)     Where the local planning authority for a London borough have prepared a unitary development plan, they shall, before complying with subsection (2), make an application in accordance with regulations under section 26 to the Mayor of London for his written opinion whether the unitary development plan is in general conformity with the spatial development strategy.”

(5)     After subsection (5) of that section there shall be inserted—

“(5A)     If, on an application under subsection (1A), the opinion

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