Town and Country Planning Act 1954

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Special Payments for Depreciation of Land Values

   1. 1. Payments by reference to established claims

   2. 2. Claim holdings, their areas and values, and apportionment of values between parts of areas

   3. 3. Payment where development charge incurred by claimholder or person from whom he derives title (Case A)

   4. 4. Supplementary provisions relating to development charges

   5. 5. Payment where land compulsorily acquired or sold at price wholly or partly excluding development value (Case B)

   6. 6. Supplementary provisions relating to compulsory acquisitions and to sales

   7. 7. Payment where land disposed of by gift (Case C)

   8. 8. Payment where claim holding purchased (Case D)

   9. 9. Payment under Case A, B or C to person deriving title from original claim-holder

   10. 10. Payments in cases analogous to Case B

   11. 11. Residual payments in cases analogous to Cases A and B

   12. 12. Payments not to exceed value of claim holding

   13. 13. Applications for payments under Part I

   14. 14. Payments to be made by Central Land Board

   15. 15. Effect of payments on claim holdings

3. PART II Compensation for Refusal, or Conditional Grant, of Planning Permission

   1. 16. Scope of Part II

   2. 17. Unexpended balance of established development value

   3. 18. Reduction or extinguishment of balance

   4. 19. Right to compensation in respect of planning decisions

   5. 20. Compensation excluded in respect of certain matters

   6. 21. Compensation excluded if certain other development permitted

   7. 22. General provisions as to claims for compensation

   8. 23. Review of planning decisions where compensation claimed

   9. 24. Supplementary provisions as to review of planning decisions

   10. 25. General provisions as to amount of compensation

   11. 26. Measure of depreciation for assessing compensation

   12. 27. Determination of claims for compensation

   13. 28. Apportionment and registration of compensation

   14. 29. Recovery of compensation on subsequent development

4. PART III Compensation for Compulsory Acquisition of Land

   1. 30. Application of Part III

   2. 31. Compensation to include unexpended balance of established development value

   3. 32. Additional compensation for works

   4. 33. Protection for purchaser of interest subsequently acquired compulsorily

   5. 34. Compensation to take account of planning permission in certain other cases

   6. 35. Additional payments in cases where no claim for development value has been established

   7. 36. Compensation for severance, injurious affection and disturbance

   8. 37. Effect of Part III on unexpended balance of established development value

5. PART IV Compensation for Revocation or Modification of Planning Permission

   1. 38. Amendment of s. 22 of principal Act

   2. 39. Registration and apportionment of compensation for depreciation

   3. 40. Exchequer contribution towards compensation in certain cases

   4. 41. Recovery, on subsequent development, of compensation under s. 22 of principal Act

6. PART V Compensation for Past Planning Decisions and Past Orders Revoking or Modifying Planning Permission

   1. 42. Scope of Part V

   2. 43. Right to compensation in respect of past planning decisions, or past revocations, etc. of planning permission

   3. 44. General provisions as to amount of compensation for past planning decisions, revocations, etc.

   4. 45. Claims for compensation under Part V, and review of past decisions and orders

   5. 46. Payment of compensation under Part V, and supplementary provisions relating thereto

7. PART VI Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

   1. 47. Associated companies

   2. 48. Provision of information as to unexpended balance, etc.

   3. 49. Cancellation or reduction of liability for development charges

   4. 50. Exchequer grants to local authorities

   5. 51. Supplementary provisions as to Exchequer grants

   6. 52. Recovery of certain sums from acquiring authorities

   7. 53. Compensation for damage to requisitioned land

   8. 54. Special provisions relating to minerals

   9. 55. Modification of mining leases granted before 18th November, 1952

   10. 56. Contributions to Ironstone Restoration Fund

   11. 57. Recovery, on subsequent development, of payments under s. 59 of principal Act

   12. 58. Provisions as to monopoly value of licensed premises

   13. 59. Applications for permission for industrial development

   14. 60. Dispositions of claims under Part VI of principal Act

   15. 61. Crown land

   16. 62. Application of Act to London, and to Isles of Scilly

   17. 63. Dissolution of Central Land Board

   18. 64. General financial provisions

   19. 65. General provisions as to calculation of value

   20. 66. Provisions as to mortgages, settlements, ecclesiastical property, etc.

   21. 67. Application of miscellaneous provisions of principal Act

   22. 68. Provisions as to regulations

   23. 69. Interpretation

   24. 70. Amendment of s. 19 of principal Act

   25. 71. Minor and consequential amendments, and repeals

   26. 72. Short title, citation, commencement and extent

8. SCHEDULES

   1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Modification of provisions of principal Act as to development value

      1. Modification in certain cases where land acquired by public authority

         1. 1. (1) The three next following paragraphs shall have effect where...

         2. 2. Where any works for the erection or alteration of a...

         3. 3. Where after the notice to treat was served or the...

         4. 4. Where the acquisition or purchase was not completed until after...

         5. 5. Subsection (3) of section ninety-one of the principal Act (which...

      2. Requisitioned land

         1. 6. Where land was requisitioned land on the first day of...

         2. 7. Where in the case of any requisitioned land the period...

      3. Compensation for abortive expenditure

         1. 8. Where the development value of an interest in land, determined...

      4. Other modifications

         1. 9. In determining the development value of an interest in land—...

         2. 10. Where, in determining the development value of an interest in...

         3. 11. Where a determination made before the commencement of this Act...

         4. 12. Where a claim was made for a payment under the...

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Claims pledged to Central Land Board as security for development charges

      1. 1. (1) In this Schedule, and in the other provisions of...

      2. 2. (1) Where a claim holding was pledged to the Central...

      3. 3. Without prejudice to the last preceding paragraph, where a pledge...

      4. 4. Where a pledge to the Central Land Board comprised only...

      5. 5. (1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect in...

   3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Payments under section fifty-nine of principal Act

      1. 1. (1) This Schedule applies to payments which have become payable,...

      2. 2. The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect where a...

      3. 3. If the payment area is identical with the area of...

      4. 4. (1) If the payment area forms part of the area...

      5. 5. If the payment area includes the area of the claim...

      6. 6. If the payment area includes part of the area of...

   4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

      Calculation of value of previous development of land

      1. 1. Where under any provision of this Act the value of...

      2. 2. The said value shall be calculated by reference to prices...

      3. 3. If the development was initiated in pursuance of planning permission...

      4. 4. If the permission referred to in the last preceding paragraph...

      5. 5. In the application of the preceding provisions of this Schedule...

   5. FIFTH SCHEDULE

      Apportionment of unexpended balance of established development value

      1. Determination of relevant area

         1. 1. (1) Where, in the case of a compulsory acquisition to...

      2. Preliminary calculations

         1. 2. There shall be calculated the amount referable to the relevant...

         2. 3. (1) If— (a) in the case of an interest in...

         3. 4. In the case of any interest in reversion—

      3. Apportionment of unexpended balance between interests

         1. 5. Where two or more interests other than excepted interests subsist...

      4. Interpretation

         1. 6. In this Schedule— (a) the expression " tenancy" does not...

   6. SIXTH SCHEDULE

      Special classes of land for which planning permission is to be taken into account on compulsory acquisition

      1. 1. Land which, on the date of service of the notice...

      2. 2. Land acquired by a local authority under Part I of...

      3. 3. Land acquired by a development corporation under the New Towns...

      4. 4. Land which, on the date of service of the notice...

      5. 5. Land which, on the date of service of the notice...

      6. 6. Land to which section eighty-five of the principal Act applies...

      7. 7. Land which would have been such land as is referred...

      8. 8. Land to which, by virtue of a direction of the...

   7. SEVENTH SCHEDULE

      Enactments amended

      1. The Town and Country Planning Act, 1947

         (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 51)

         1. 1. In section twenty, in subsection (4), at the end there...

         2. 2. In section ninety-five, in subsection (3), for the words "...

         3. 3. The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (2) of...

         4. 4. In the Third Schedule— (a) in paragraph 1, after the...

      2. The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, 1949

         (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6, c. 97)

         1. 5. In section ninety-seven, in subsection (5), for the words "...

      3. The Mineral Workings Act, 1951

         (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 60)

         1. 6. In section three, in subsection (2) for the words "...

         2. 7. In the Third Schedule— (a) in paragraph 1, for the...

      4. The Town and Country Planning Act, 1953

         (1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 16)

         1. 8. In section two, in paragraph (b) of the proviso to...

   8. EIGHTH SCHEDULE

      Enactments repealed