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Revoking a Local Plan

Former Member, modified 10 Years ago.

Revoking a Local Plan

Has anyone issued a statement revoking a Local Plan, as required by Regulation 28 of the Local Planning Regulations 2012?

Daniel Hudson, modified 10 Years ago.

Revoking a Local Plan

Advocate Posts: 121 Join Date: 25/04/12 Recent Posts

No - and I would think very hard before doing so.

An LPA may withdraw a DPD/Local Plan at any time during the preparation process, however once adopted, the normal route by which a plan ceases to apply is through the adoption of a successor document which specifies the existing development plan policies which it replaces.

In the absence of a replacement plan, old Local Plan policies become less and less relevant and more likely to be considered out-of-date over time.

As Eric Pickles discovered when he tried to abolish the Regional Strategies,  revoking a plan and replacing it with nothing is a complex business. Replacing a strategy with no strategy is a strategic decision in itself requiring SEA.

A further question is if you withdraw an adopted plan, do the old policies which it superseded 'come back to life' - this also has a bearing on the SEA question.

Seems like a legal minefield to me - You'd be better off preparing a replacement plan asap.