Town and Country Planning Act 1971

Contents

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1. Part I · Administration
   1. 1 Local planning authorities
   2. 2 Planning committees and joint advisory committees
   3. 3 Delegation of functions to councils of county districts
   4. 4 Delegation of functions to officers of local authorities
   5. 5 Local planning authorities in Greater London
2. Part II · Development Plans
   1. Local plans
   2. Supplementary provisions
   3. Survey and structure plan
3. Part III · General Planning Control
   1. Additional powers of control
   2. Applications for planning permission
   3. Deemed planning permission
   4. Determination by local planning authorities of applications for planning permission
   5. Determination whether planning permission required
   6. Development orders
   7. Duration of planning permission
   8. Meaning of development and requirement of planning permission
   9. Reference of certain matters to Planning Inquiry Commission or independent tribunal
   10. Revocation or modification of planning permission
   11. Secretary of State's powers in relation to planning applications and decisions
4. Part IV · Additional Control in Special Cases
   1. Advertisements
   2. Trees
   3. Buildings of special architectural or historic interest
   4. Industrial development
   5. Office development
   6. Waste land
5. Part V · Enforcement of Control under Parts III and IV
   1. Trees
   2. Development requiring planning permission
   3. Listed buildings
   4. Other controls
   5. Supplementary provisions
   6. Waste land
6. Part VI · Acquisition and Appropriation of Land and Related Provisions
   1. Acquisition and appropriation of land
   2. Powers exercisable in relation to land held for planning purposes, and other related powers
   3. Supplementary provisions
7. Part VII · Compensation for Planning Decisions Restricting New Development
   1. Claims for, and payment of, compensation
   2. Measure of compensation
   3. Right to compensation
   4. Subsequent recovery of compensation
   5. Supplementary provisions
   6. Unexpended balance of established development value
8. Part VIII · Compensation for Other Planning Restrictions
   1. Other restrictions
   2. Revocation or modification of planning permission
   3. Supplementary provisions
9. Part IX · Provisions Enabling Owner to Require Purchase of his Interest
   1. Interests affected by planning decisions or orders
   2. Interests of owner-occupiers affected by planning proposals
   3. Supplementary provisions
10. Part X · Highways
    1. Conversion of highway into footpath or bridleway
    2. Extinguishment of rights of way
    3. Procedure for making and confirming orders
    4. Stopping up and diversion of highways
    5. Supplementary provisions
11. Part XI · Statutory Undertakers
    1. Compensation
    2. Preliminary
    3. General provisions
    4. Supplementary provisions
12. Part XII · Validity of Planning Instruments and Decisions and Proceedings Relating Thereto
    1. 242 Validity of development plans and certain orders, decisions and directions
    2. 243 Validity of enforcement notices and similar notices
    3. 244 Proceedings for questioning validity of development plans and certain orders under Parts X and XI
    4. 245 Proceedings for questioning validity of other orders, decisions and directions
    5. 246 Appeals to High Court relating to enforcement notices and similar notices
    6. 247 Appeals to High Court against decisions under s.53
    7. 248 Special provisions as to decisions relating to statutory undertakers
    8. 249 Special provisions as to orders subject to special parliamentary procedure
13. Part XIII · Financial Provisions
    1. Contributions to certain expenditure
    2. Expenses and receipts of Ministers
    3. Expenses of county councils and Greater London Council
    4. Grants for development etc.
    5. Grants for research and education
    6. Recovery of compensation etc.
14. Part XIV · Application of Act to Special Cases
    1. Minerals
    2. Crown land
    3. Isles of Scilly
    4. Local planning authorities
    5. Other special cases
15. Part XV · Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
    1. 276 Default powers of Secretary of State
    2. 277 Designation of conservation areas
    3. 278 Assumptions as to planning permission in determining value of interests in land
    4. 279 Recovery, on subsequent development, of payments in respect of war-damaged land
    5. 280 Rights of entry
    6. 281 Supplementary provisions as to rights of entry
    7. 282 Local inquiries
    8. 283 Service of notices
    9. 284 Power to require information as to interests in land
    10. 285 Offences by corporations
    11. 286 Combined applications
    12. 287 Regulations and orders
    13. 288 Licensing planning areas
    14. 289 Act not excluded by special enactments
    15. 290 Interpretation
    16. 291 Consequential amendments
    17. 292 Transitional provisions, savings and repeals
    18. 293 Saving for Interpretation Act 1889 s.38
    19. 294 Commencement
    20. 295 Short title and extent
16. Schedule 1 · Joint Planning Boards
    1. (1) A joint planning board constituted by an order under section...
    2. (2) A joint planning board so constituted shall be a body...
    3. (3) An order constituting a joint planning board and any order...
17. Schedule 2 · Planning Committees and Joint Advisory Committees
    1. Part I Planning Committees
    2. Part II Joint Advisory Committees
18. Schedule 3 · Local Planning Authorities in Greater London
    1. Local planning authorities
    2. Delegation of functions
    3. Reference of applications for planning permission to Secretary of State and Greater London Council
    4. Interpretation of references to local planning authorities in other enactments
19. Schedule 4 · Development Plans: Greater London
    1. Survey of planning areas
    2. Structure plans
    3. Alterations to structure plans
    4. Local plans
20. Schedule 5 · Development Plans: Provisions in Force until Superseded by Part II of this Act
    1. Part I General
    2. Part II Greater London
21. Schedule 6 · Development Plans: Modifications of this Act Pending Repeal of Schedule 5
    1. (1) After section 147(5) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—...
    2. (2) For section 242(1)(a) there shall be substituted:—
    3. (3) For subsections (1) and (2) of section 244 there shall...
    4. (4) In section 255(2)(a) for the words " a structure plan...
    5. (5) For section 266(1)0) there shall be substituted:—
    6. (6) After section 279 there shall be inserted the following sections:—...
    7. (7) For section 280(1)(a) there shall be substituted:—
    8. (8) In section 290(1), for the definition of " development plan...
    9. (9) In Schedule 2, in paragraph 5, for the words "...
    10. (10) In Schedule 3, in paragraph 7, there shall be added...
    11. (11) In Part I of Schedule 21 after the words "...
22. Schedule 7 · Development Plans: Transition from Schedule 5 to Part II of this Act
    1. (1) Until the repeal of Part I of Schedule 5 to...
    2. (2) On the repeal of the said Part I and, where...
    3. (3) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, where by...
    4. (4) Where a structure plan is in force in any district,...
    5. (5) Where a structure plan is in force in any district,...
    6. (6) Subject to paragraph 7 of this Schedule, the Secretary of...
    7. (7) Before making an order with respect to a development plan...
    8. (8) Any reference in the preceding provisions of this Schedule to...
    9. (9) Any reference in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Schedule...
    10. (10) In relation to any development plan continued in force by...
23. Schedule 8 · Development not Constituting New Development
    1. Part I Development not Ranking for Compensation under s.169
    2. Part II Development Ranking for Compensation under s.169
    3. Part III Supplementary Provisions
24. Schedule 9 · Determination of Certain Appeals by Person Appointed by Secretary of State
    1. Determination of appeals by appointed person
    2. Powers and duties of person determining appeal
    3. Determination of appeals by Secretary of State
    4. Appointment of another person to determine appeal
    5. Local inquiries and hearings
    6. Stopping of appeals
    7. Supplementary provisions
25. Schedule 10 · Construction of References in Sections 48 and 49 to "the responsible minister or ministers"
    1. (1) In relation to matters specified in the first column of...
    2. (2) Where an entry in the second, third or fourth columns...
26. Schedule 11 · Control of Works for Demolition, Alteration or Extension of Listed Buildings
    1. Part I Applications for Listed Building Consent
    2. Part II Revocation of Listed Building Consent
    3. Part III Provisions Applicable on Lapse of Building Preservation Notice
27. Schedule 12 · Office Development in Metropolitan Region: Planning Permission Granted before Passing of Act of 1965
    1. Certain planning permissions treated as of no effect
    2. Effect of grant of office development permit
    3. Mixed industrial and office development
    4. Enforcement notices
    5. Power to require information as to building contracts
    6. Planning permission to retain buildings or continue use of land
    7. Planning permission where no office development permit required
28. Schedule 13 · Office Development: Metropolitan Region Outside Greater London
    1. (1) In Bedfordshire— the borough of Dunstable, the urban district of...
    2. (2) In Berkshire— the boroughs of Maidenhead, New Windsor and Wokingham,...
    3. (3) In Buckinghamshire— the boroughs of Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Slough,...
    4. (4) In Essex— the borough of Chelmsford, the urban districts of...
    5. (5) In Hampshire— the borough of Aldershot, the urban districts of...
    6. (6) The administrative county of Hertfordshire.
    7. (7) In Kent— the boroughs of Chatham, Dartford, Gravesend, Gillingham, Maidstone,...
    8. (8) In Oxfordshire— the borough of Henley-on-Thames, the rural district of...
    9. (9) The administrative county of Surrey.
    10. (10) In East Sussex— the urban districts of Burgess Hill, Cuckfield...
    11. (11) In West Sussex— the urban districts of Crawley and Horsham,...
    12. (12) The county borough of Luton.
    13. (13) The county borough of Reading.
    14. (14) The county borough of Southend-on-Sea.
29. Schedule 14 · Provisions as to Established use Certificates
    1. Application for certificate and appeal against refusal thereof
    2. Provisions with respect to grant of certificate
30. Schedule 15 · Adjustment of Claim Holdings
    1. Part I Adjustment of Claim Holdings Pledged to Central Land Board as Security for Development Charges
    2. Part II Adjustment by Reference to Payments in Respect of War-Damaged Land
    3. Part III Adjustment in cases of Partial Disposition of Claim Holdings
    4. Part IV Adjustment in Respect of Payments under Part I of Act of 1954
    5. Part V Adjustment in Respect of Compensation under Part V of Act of 1954
    6. Part VI Supplementary Provisions
31. Schedule 16 · Calculation of Value of Previous Development of Land
    1. (1) Where for the purposes of section 141 of this Act...
    2. (2) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, the value...
    3. (3) If the development involved the clearing of any land, the...
    4. (4) (1) If the development was initiated in pursuance of planning...
    5. (5) In the application of the preceding provisions of this Schedule...
32. Schedule 17 · Apportionment of Unexpended Balance of Established Development Value
    1. Determination of relevant area
    2. Preliminary calculations
    3. Apportionment of unexpended balance between interests
    4. Application of Schedule to past acquisitions
    5. Interpretation
33. Schedule 18 · Condition Treated as Applicable to Rebuilding and Alterations
    1. (1) Where the building to be rebuilt or altered is the...
    2. (2) Where the building to be rebuilt or altered is not...
    3. (3) In determining under this Schedule the purpose for which floor...
    4. (4) For the purposes of this Schedule gross floor space shall...
    5. (5) In relation to a building erected after the appointed day,...
34. Schedule 19 · Proceedings on Listed Building Purchase Notice
    1. Action by council on whom listed building purchase notice is served
    2. Action by Secretary of State in relation to listed building purchase notice
    3. Effect of Secretary of State's action in relation to listed building purchase notice
    4. Special provision as to compensation where listed building purchase notice served
35. Schedule 20 · Procedure in connection with Orders relating to Footpaths and Bridleways
    1. Part I Confirmation of Orders
    2. Part II Publicity for Orders after Confirmation
36. Schedule 21 · Provisions of this Act referred to in Sections 263, 264, 269, 270, 271, 273 and 274 and Paragraphs 83 and 84 of Schedule 24
    1. Part I
    2. Part II
    3. Part III
    4. Part IV
    5. Part V
    6. Part VI
    7. Part VII
37. Schedule 22 · Enactments Exempted from Section 287(6) of this Act
    1. (1) Section 107 of the Public Health Act 1936.
    2. (2) The following provisions of the Highways Act 1959, that is...
    3. (3) The following further provisions of the Highways Act 1959, that...
    4. (4) Section 243 of the Highways Act 1959 so far as...
    5. (5) Any enactment making such provision as might by virtue of...
    6. (6) Any enactment which has been previously excluded or modified by...
38. Schedule 23 · Consequential Amendments
    1. Part I
    2. Part II
39. Schedule 24 · Transitional Provisions and Savings
    1. Part I General Provisions
    2. Part II Central and Local Administration
    3. Part III Development Plans
    4. Part IV General Planning Control
    5. Part IX Compensation Under Part VIII of this Act
    6. Part V Additional Control in Special Cases
    7. Part VI Enforcement of Control
    8. Part VII Acquisition of Land etc.
    9. Part VIII Compensation Under Part VII of this Act
    10. Part X Blight Notices
    11. Part XI Highways
    12. Part XII Statutory Undertakers
    13. Part XIII Validity of Planning Decisions etc.
    14. Part XIV Financial Provisions
    15. Part XV Special Cases
    16. Part XVI Miscellaneous and Supplementary
40. Schedule 25 · Repeals