New Legislation – relating to the new plan-making system, including consequential amendments to the CIL Regulations 2010, the DMPO 2015, the LBCA Regulations 1990, etc (25/03/2026) …

The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 25/03/2026:

New Legislation:

  • March 2026: SI 2026 No. 170 - The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Local Planning) (Modification and Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2026 (pdf) (link).

Notes:

  • The above SI 2026 No. 170 includes consequential amendments to the following SIs:
    - Brownfield Land Register Regulations 2017.
    - CIL Regulations 2010.
    - DMPO 2015.
    - LBCA Regulations 1990.
    - The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013.
  • Note: The "Explanatory Memorandum" (link) to the above SI 2026 No. 170 includes the following information:
    - "This Statutory Instrument [SI 2026 No. 170] sets out consequential amendments to other secondary legislation to ensure consistency in terminology, for example where existing regulations refer to local development documents. These references are typically replaced by references to local plans, minerals and waste plans and supplementary plans to align the statute with the new plan-making terminology in the Act.".
    - "The Statutory Instrument [SI 2026 No. 170] modifies primary legislation in relation to joint local plans and joint supplementary plans, in order to ensure that the plan-making system works properly for these types of plans.".
    - "This Statutory Instrument [SI 2026 No. 170] also modifies primary legislation to ensure that minerals and waste planning authorities have the flexibility for their minerals and waste plan to be made up of more than one document if they wish.".
  • Note: For information about future amendments to the above SI 2026 No. 170 (which will be made "soon afterwards" / "in due course"), please view paragraphs 11.1-11.3 within the above "Explanatory Memorandum".

Other Sources of Information:

  • July 2023: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - consultation on implementation of plan-making reforms (link) (pdf print version of HTML webpage).
    - Note: For more information about the above document, please view this post.
  • February 2025: Government press release - "Planning overhaul to speed up and simplify local plans" (link).
  • February 2025: Government response to the proposed plan-making reforms - consultation on implementation (link) (pdf print version of HTML webpage).
    - Note: For more information about the above document, please view this post.
  • March 2026: Government press release - "New plan-making system - regulations and content roadmap" (link).
  • March 2026: MHCLG guidance - "Roadmap of resources and support - new local plan-making system" (link).
  • March 2026: Explanatory Memorandum to SI 2026 No. 169 and SI 2026 No. 170 and SI 2026 No. 186 and SI 2026 No. 187 and SI 2026 No. 188 (pdf) (link).

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