Part 3: Planning Chapter 1: Planning Data Section 85: Power in relation to the provision of planning data Effect
Subsection (1) allows planning authorities, by published notice, to require a person to provide them with planning data that complies with an approved data standard, that is applicable to that data.
	Subsection (2) sets out exceptions for when planning authorities may not impose requirements under subsection (1), which include on the Crown and courts.
	Subsection (3) stipulates that a person must comply with any approved data standards which are applicable that have been established through planning data regulations, in situations where discrepancies between planning enactments arise.
	Subsection (4) allows planning authorities to reject all or any part of planning data from a person if they fail to comply with requirements under subsection (1).
	Subsection (5) requires that planning authorities must serve the person with a notice by writing to inform them of this decision (under subsection (4)) and specify which aspects of planning data have been rejected, and, if any, what information or documents that accompany that planning data have been rejected.
	Subsection (6) provides that where information is rejected as a result of a failure to comply with data standards, it must be treated as not having been submitted for the purposes set out in the notice rejecting that information.
	Subsection (7) provides that if data is resubmitted and complies with the data standard, then the planning authority may treat it as having been submitted.
	Subsection (8) allows regulations to make provision in support of planning authorities receiving or processing data in accordance with data standards set by the Secretary of State.
Example (1):
A planning authority creating their local plan: Currently planning authorities do not follow set standards in how they store or publish local plan information. Through these powers, contributions to the preparation of a local plan and the contents of a local plan will be required to be in accordance with approved data standards. This will render local plan information directly comparable, enabling cross-boundary matters to be dealt with more efficiently as well as the process of updating a local plan as planning authorities will benefit from having easily accessible standardised data.
Example (2):
Central government trying to identify all conservation areas nationally: In the existing system, planning authorities name their conservation areas using different terms (e.g., con area, cons area) making it hard for users of this data, such as central government to identify which areas are not suitable for development and what restrictions are in place. By setting a data standard which will govern the way in which planning authorities must name their conservation areas, and planning authorities publishing this machine-readable data, a national map of conservation areas can be developed which can be used to better safeguard areas of special importance.