This order amends various planning orders to take account of the abolition of the Greater London Council and the metropolitan county councils on 1st April 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and of the provision made by that Act for planning in Greater London and the metropolitan counties.

Article 2 provides for the amendment of the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977.

Article 3 provides for the amendment of the Land Compensation Development Order 1974.

Article 4 provides for the amendment of the Town and Country Planning (New Towns) Special Development Order 1977, the Town and Country Planning (Merseyside Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1981, the London Docklands Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1981 and the Town and Country Planning (London Docklands Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1981.