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]

Parts I-II

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Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15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

30—37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ss. 30–37, Schs. 5, 6 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c. 53), Sch. 8
Parts IV-V

38—46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15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 Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

47—52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ss. 1–29, 38–52, 54, 57–60, 62, 64–68, 69(3)–(5)(7)(8), Schs. 1–4, 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c. 38), Sch. 15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.
(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 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.
1939 c. 75.
(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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S. 53(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. IX
(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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S. 53(5) repealed with saving by Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c. 53), s. 58(3), Sch. 8

54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ss. 55, 63, 70 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX

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S. 56 repealed by Mineral Workings Act 1971 (c. 71), Sch. 3

57—60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ss. 55, 63, 70 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX

64—68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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.
(1),(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ss. 69(1)(2), 72(2)(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII
(3)—(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S. 69(6) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. XII
(7),(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.

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

71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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.
(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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ss. 69(1)(2), 72(2)(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII
(4) This Act, . . . shall not extend to Scotland.
Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX
(5) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
FIRST TO FOURTH SCHEDULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
FIFTH, SIXTH SCHEDULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ss. 30–37, Schs. 5, 6 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c. 53), Sch. 8
SEVENTH SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sch. 7 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (c.38), Sch. 15 and Mineral Workings Act 1971 (c. 71), Sch. 3
EIGHTH SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
S. 53 amended by Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c. 53), s. 45(1)
“the said Act of 1948” means Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948 (c. 17)
Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681