Section 7 — Housing and Planning Act 2016: Compliance directions

Compliance directions 7 1 The Secretary of State may make a compliance direction if satisfied that—

a a local planning authority has failed to carry out its functions in relation to starter homes or has failed to carry them out adequately, and b a policy contained in a local development document for the authority is incompatible with those functions.

2 A “compliance direction” is a direction that no regard is to be had to the policy for the purposes of any determination to be made under the planning Acts.

3 A compliance direction remains in force until revoked by a further direction given by the Secretary of State.

4 A direction under this section must include the Secretary of State's reasons for making it.

5 The Secretary of State must publish any direction under this section and give a copy to the local planning authority.