Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15LD: Policies map Background
Section 15LD introduces a new requirement for a local planning authority to ensure a map is prepared and maintained for the area, incorporating all elements of the development plan, and sets out requirements to be met by local planning authorities, as well as powers for the Secretary of State to prescribe things in relation to the map. The provisions provide flexibility around how the map is delivered; for example, several authorities may join together to produce consolidated maps across their collective area.
	Separately, section 92 amends section 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 to include this policies map as part of the development plan.