1988 No. 1147
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 134 and 139(1) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 19801 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, being satisfied, for the purposes of section 139(1), that there are exceptional circumstances which render it expedient that the functions of an urban development corporation for the area designated by this order should be performed by an urban development corporation established for the purposes of another area, after consultation with that corporation pursuant to section 134(4) of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Interpretation2.

In this Order, “the map” means the map entitled “Map referred to in the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988”, of which a print signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment, is deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment and the offices of the council of the borough of Wolverhampton.

Designation of urban development area3.

The area comprising the three areas shown on the map bounded externally by a black line edged internally with a stippled band is hereby designated as an urban development area.

Exercise of functions4.

The functions of an urban development corporation for the area designated by article 3 shall be performed by the Black Country Development Corporation2.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates three areas totalling about 253 hectares in the borough of Wolverhampton as an urban development area and provides for the functions of an urban development corporation to be performed in the designated area by the Black Country Development Corporation. The three areas are shown hatched black on the map forming part of this note.