This document establishes the regulatory framework governing the promotion of economic development by local authorities in England and Wales under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. The text provides the specific legal requirements and procedural mandates that local government bodies must follow when exercising their powers to encourage economic growth within their jurisdictions. It serves as a primary source for understanding the administrative constraints placed on local councils during the early 1990s.

Legal professionals and historians utilize this document as a foundational reference for interpreting the evolution of local government powers in the United Kingdom. Readers frequently note the technical density of the prose, which is characteristic of formal statutory instruments.