New Towns Act 1981

1 Designation of areas

(1) if the Secretary of State is satisfied, after consultation with any local authorities who appear to him to be concerned, that it is expedient in the national interest that any area of land should be developed as a new town by a corporation established under this Act, he may make an order designating that area as the site of the proposed new town.

(2) Subsection (1) above applies, in relation to land within the area for which the Development Board for Rural Wales is for the time being responsible under the [1976 c. 75.] Development of Rural Wales Act 1976, as if that subsection referred to the expediency of the Board's developing the area of land designated in the order as a new town.

(3) An order under this section may include in the area designated as the site of the proposed new town any existing town or other centre of population; and references in this Act to a new town or proposed new town shall be construed accordingly.

(4) Schedule 1 to this Act has effect with respect to the procedure to be followed in connection with the making of orders under this section and with respect to the validity and date of operation of such orders.

(5) An order under this section shall, when operative, be a local land charge, and—

(a) section 13(4) below applies where it is proposed to make an order under this section ; and

(b) section 77(4) below applies to any order under this section which designates an area as the site of a proposed new town, and to certain orders for extending the area of a new town.