Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Valid from 25/10/1991

[F1 299A Crown planning obligations. E+W

(1) The appropriate authority in relation to any Crown interest or Duchy interest in land in the area of a local planning authority may enter into an obligation falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 106(1) (in this section referred to as a “planning obligation”) enforceable to the extent mentioned in subsection (3).

(2) A planning obligation may not be entered into except by an instrument executed as a deed which—

(a) states that the obligation is a planning obligation for the purposes of this section;

(b) identifies the land in relation to which the obligation is entered into;

(c) identifies the appropriate authority who are entering into the obligation and states what the Crown or Duchy interest in the land is; and

(d) identifies the local planning authority by whom the obligation is enforceable.

(3) A planning obligation entered into under this section is enforceable—

(a) against any person with a private interest deriving from the Crown or Duchy interest stated in accordance with subsection (2)(c);

(b) by the authority identified in accordance with subsection (2)(d).

(4) Subject to subsection (5), subsections (2), (4) to (8) and (10) to (13) of section 106 and sections 106A and 106B apply to a planning obligation entered into under this section as they apply to a planning obligation entered into under that section.

(5) The consent of the appropriate authority must be obtained to—

(a) the enforcement by injunction of a planning obligation against a person in respect of land which is Crown land; and

(b) the exercise, in relation to Crown land, of the power to enter land conferred by section 106(6) (as applied by subsection (4)).]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 299A inserted (25.10.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 12(3) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2272, art.3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 299A modified (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(7), Sch. 17 para. 15(4) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 6(3), Sch. 5