Town and Country Planning Act 1954

1954 CHAPTER 72 2 and 3 Eliz 2

An Act to make provision for compensation and other payments by reference to claims for payments under section fifty-eight of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947; to make further provision as to the acquisition of land by public authorities, as to compensation in respect of orders revoking or modifying permission to develop land and in respect of damage to requisitioned land, as to development charges, as to monopoly value of licensed premises, as to Exchequer grants under the said Act of 1947, and as to payments under section fifty-nine of that Act, and to amend other provisions of that Act; to make further provision for the modification of mining leases and orders granting working rights, and as to contributions to the Ironstone Restoration Fund; to make provision for the dissolution of the Central Land Board; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[25th November 1954]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Parts I-II E+W

1—29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

Part III E+W

30—37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 30–37, Schs. 5, 6 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c. 53), Sch. 8

Parts IV-V E+W

38—46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 E+W

Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

Part VI E+W Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

47—52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 E+W

Textual Amendments

F4 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

53 Compensation for damage to requisitioned land. E+W

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any compensation accruing due in respect of any land after the commencement of this Act by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section two of the M1 Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939 (which relates to compensation payable in respect of damage occurring to requisitioned land during the period of requisition) shall not exceed the amount (if any) by which the value mentioned in paragraph (a) of the next following subsection falls short of the price mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection.

(2) The said value and price are—

(a) the value, at the time when the compensation accrues due, of a freehold interest in the land in question, free from incumbrances but subject to any easement or other restriction affecting the land at that time; and

(b) the price which would be the compulsory purchase price of the land at that time if it were then in the state in which it was when possession of the land was taken in the exercise of emergency powers.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(4) Subsection (3) of section ten of the said Act of 1948 (which makes provision as to the matters to be taken into account in calculating the compulsory purchase price of the land in its existing state) shall apply for the purposes of this section, with the substitution for references to the compulsory purchase price of land of references to the value of such a freehold interest as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section; and subsection (4) of that section (which provides for increased compensation in certain cases above the limit imposed by subsection (1) of that section) shall apply for the purposes of this section, with the substitution for the reference to subsection (1) of that section of a reference to subsection (1) of this section.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 53(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. IX

F6 S. 53(5) repealed with saving by Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c. 53), s. 58(3), Sch. 8

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 53 amended by Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c. 53), s. 45(1)

C3 “the said Act of 1948” means Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948 (c. 17)

Marginal Citations

M1 1939 c. 75.

54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 E+W

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 E+W

Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 55, 63, 70 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX

56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9 E+W

Textual Amendments

F9 S. 56 repealed by Mineral Workings Act 1971 (c. 71), Sch. 3

57—60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10 E+W

Textual Amendments

F10 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11 E+W

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 61 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15 and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX

62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12 E+W

Textual Amendments

F12 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13 E+W

Textual Amendments

F13 Ss. 55, 63, 70 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX

64—68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14 E+W

Textual Amendments

F14 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

69 Interpretation. E+W

(1),(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

(3)—(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

(7),(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

(9) References in this Act to any other enactment shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

Textual Amendments

F15 Ss. 69(1)(2), 72(2)(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

F16 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

F17 S. 69(6) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. XII

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681

70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18 E+W

Textual Amendments

F18 Ss. 55, 63, 70 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX

71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19 E+W

Textual Amendments

F19 S. 71 repealed by Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33), Sch. 5, Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15 and Mineral Workings Act 1971 (c. 71), Sch. 3

72 Short title, citation, commencement and extent. E+W

(1) This Act may be cited as the Town and Country Planning Act, 1954, and the Town and Country Planning Acts, 1947 and 1951, the Town and Country Planning Act, 1953, in its application to England and Wales, and this Act, may be cited together as the Town and Country Planning Acts, 1947 to 1954.

(2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

(4) This Act, . . . F21 shall not extend to Scotland.

(5) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F20 Ss. 69(1)(2), 72(2)(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

F21 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX

F22 F22 FIRST TO FOURTH SCHEDULES E+W

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Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15

F23 F23 FIFTH, SIXTH SCHEDULES E+W

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Textual Amendments

F23 Ss. 30–37, Schs. 5, 6 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c. 53), Sch. 8

F24 F24 SEVENTH SCHEDULE E+W

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Textual Amendments

F24 Sch. 7 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c.38), Sch. 15 and Mineral Workings Act 1971 (c. 71), Sch. 3

F25 F25 EIGHTH SCHEDULE E+W

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Textual Amendments

F25 Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15