(1) When a physical plan, or any amendment to a physical plan, has been approved by the House of Assembly—
(a) the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division shall give principal consideration to the prescriptions of the plan in determining any application for permission to develop land in the area covered by the plan;
(b) the Government of Saint Lucia shall be guided by the prescriptions of the plan in the preparation of any public sector development projects or programmes to be funded, in part or in whole, from Parliamentary appropriations.
(2) When 2 or more approved physical plans apply in whole or in part to the same area and any question arises as to the prescriptions for development of that area the later plan shall have precedence over the earlier plan, unless it expressly provides otherwise.
(3) An approved plan shall remain in effect until it has been rescinded by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.