THE LOCALISM ACT BECOMES LAW - LOCALISM AND LAND USE PLANNING

摘要

The Localism Bill received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011. Eversheds has produced a comprehensive series of briefings on the Act. The first one is about changes in relation to Planning. The key Planning provisions in the final legislation are as follows: Abolition of regional strategies: the Act enables the Secretary of State to abolish regional strategies (RSs), a long-standing intention of the Coalition Government. This removal of the regional tier of planning policy will increase the importance of local level policy and complements the introduction of Local Enterprise Partnerships, intended to encourage greater private sector involvement in regional planning.