Schedules
Schedule 17Planning functions of development corporations: minor and consequential amendments
I12Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)
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TCPA 1990 is amended as follows.
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In section 7 (urban development corporation as local planning authority), after subsection (2) insert—
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This section is subject to section 8A.
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After section 7 insert—
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In this section “specified” means specified in the order.
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This section is subject to section 8A.
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In section 7A (Mayoral development corporation as local planning authority), after subsection (5) insert—
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This section is subject to section 8A.
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In section 62B(5) (planning authorities that cannot be designated for the purposes of allowing direct planning applications to the Secretary of State), after paragraph (c) insert—
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a development corporation established under section 3 of the New Towns Act 1981;
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In section 70(4) (definitions relating to local finance considerations to be taken into account in planning decisions), in the definition of “relevant authority”, after paragraph (e) insert—
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a development corporation established under section 3 of the New Towns Act 1981;
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In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (local highway authority restrictions on grant of planning permission)—
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in sub-paragraph (2), for the words from “is to be”, where they first occur, to “2011,” substitute “does not include a development corporation planning authority;”
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in sub-paragraph (3), for the words from “an” to “local planning authority”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “a development corporation planning authority”
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after sub-paragraph (3) insert—
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In this paragraph, “development corporation planning authority” means—
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an urban development corporation which is the local planning authority by virtue of an order under section 149 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980,
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a development corporation established under section 3 of the New Towns Act 1981 which is the local planning authority by virtue of an order under section 7A of that Act, or
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a Mayoral development corporation which is the local planning authority by virtue of an order under section 198(2) of the Localism Act 2011.