The Town and Country Planning (Initial Regional Spatial Strategy)(England) Regulations 2004
Section 1 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 provides that for each of the regions, except London, specified in Schedule 1 to the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 there must be a regional spatial strategy. These Regulations prescribe the regional planning guidance relating to each region which is to be the regional spatial strategy for that region, from the date appointed for the commencement of section 1 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.