Schedule 5, Paragraphs 6 and 7: Compensation Part 9, Chapter 2: Other changes to existing planning regimes Section 183: Good design
293.Section 39 of PCPA 2004 imposes a duty on persons or bodies exercising functions in relation to development plans in England and Wales to do so with the objective of contributing to the achievement of sustainable development. Section 183 amends section 39 of PCPA 2004 requiring those persons and bodies, in complying with this duty, to have regard (in particular) to the desirability of achieving good design.