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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 No. 49
9. In section 284 (validity of development plans and certain orders, decisions and directions)(1), after subsection (3)(j) (inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 11 to the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023), insert—
“, or
(k)any determination by the Secretary of State whether to approve a biodiversity gain plan under Schedule 7A (biodiversity gain in England).”.
Section 284 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) was amended by: section 82(2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5); and subsection (3) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 10 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55) on a date to be appointed.
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