Part 1: Planning Local development documents Section 11: Format of local development schemes and documents
This section amends section 36 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 to enable the Secretary of State to publish data standards which set technical specifications for local development schemes and local development documents or data contained in them. Local planning authorities must comply with these standards when preparing, publishing, maintaining or revising any such scheme or document.
	The section also amends section 15(8AA) of the 2004 Act to enable the Secretary of State or the Mayor of London (in the case of a London borough council) to direct a local planning authority to revise a local development scheme so that it complies with published data standards.
	This section extends to England and Wales but applies to England only.