The Town and Country Planning (Regional Planning Guidance as Revision of Regional Spatial Strategy) Order 2004
Section 10(7) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (“the Act”) provides that section 10(8) of the Act shall apply if any step has been taken in connection with the preparation of any part of regional planning guidance and the Secretary of State thinks that the step corresponds to a step which must be taken under Part 1 of the Act in connection with the preparation and publication of a revision of the regional spatial strategy.