Schedule 5, Paragraphs 6 and 7: Compensation Part 9, Chapter 2: Other changes to existing planning regimes Section 182: Development plan documents: climate change policies
291.Section 182 places a duty on local planning authorities when preparing their development plan documents to include policies on climate change. These policies must be designed to secure that the development and use of land contributes to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.
292.The duty is set within the context of section 19(2) of PCPA 2004 which states that in preparing a local development document local planning authorities must have regard to national policies and advice contained in guidance issued by the Secretary of State. In practice this will be the Planning Policy Statement on Climate Change.