Chapter 2: Development plans etc Development plans and national policy New section 38ZA: Meaning of "national development management policy Effect
New section 38ZA(1) defines national development management policy. This provides that it is a policy of the Secretary of State which the Secretary of State, by direction, designates should be a national development management policy, and which concerns the development or use of land in England or any part of England.
	New section 38ZA(2) allows the Secretary of State to modify or revoke national development management policies.
	New section 38ZA(3) sets out that the Secretary of State must have regard to the need to mitigate, and adapt to, climate change when preparing or modifying policies which are to be designated as a national development management policies.
	New section 38ZA(4) requires the Secretary of State to consult the public or others as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate before making, modifying or revoking a national development management policy.
	New section 38ZA(5) sets out that the only cases in which no consultation need take place are those where the Secretary of State thinks that none is appropriate because either a proposed modification of a national development management policy does not materially affect a policy or only corrects an obvious error or omission; or, separately, that it is necessary or expedient for the Secretary of State to act urgently.