# The Bristol Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/2899 · made 6 November 1995

This Order revokes the Bristol Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1989 and the Town and Country Planning (Bristol Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1989 and makes transitional provisions in connection with the transfer of planning functions from the Bristol Development Corporation to the councils of the City of Bristol and the County of Avon.

Made under: Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Section 148, Section 149); Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (Section 59, Section 333)

## Introductory text

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES
ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 6th November 1995
Laid before Parliament 15th November 1995
Coming into force 18th December 1995
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 148(2) and 149(1), (3) and (11) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and sections 59 and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order —

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Bristol Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 18th December 1995.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
“the authority” means the authority which, but for the Bristol Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1989, would be the local planning authority, within the meaning of section 336(1) of the 1990 Act;
“the development area” means the area designated as an urban development area by the Bristol Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1988; and
“the development corporation” means the Bristol Development Corporation.

## 2 Revocation of the planning functions and special development orders

The Bristol Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1989 and the Town and Country Planning (Bristol Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1989 are hereby revoked.

## 3 Transitional provisions in connection with planning functions

Anything which before the date of the coming into force of this Order was in the process of being done by, to or in relation to the development corporation in connection with any of the functions transferred to it under article 3 of the Bristol Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1989 (planning functions of the development corporation) may be continued after that date by, to or in relation to the authority.

## 4 Liability for compensation in connection with planning functions; section 106 planning obligations

(1) Where a right to compensation arises under section 107, 108, 115, 186, 203 or 204 of the 1990 Act or section 28 or 29 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 in consequence of action taken in relation to land within the development area by the development corporation, the Secretary of State shall be liable for any compensation which is payable.
(2) Where the Secretary of State makes an order or serves a notice, as the case may be, under section 100, 104, 185 or 202 of, or paragraph 11 of Schedule 9 to, the 1990 Act in respect of a matter arising before the date of the coming into force of this Order, which relates to land within the development area, the Secretary of State shall be liable to pay any compensation arising from the order or notice.
(3) A planning obligation entered into by agreement or otherwise under section 106 of the 1990 Act before the date of the coming into force of this Order which identifies the development corporation as the local planning authority by whom the obligation is enforceable shall after that date be enforceable by the authority.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
1995

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Bristol Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1989 and the Town and Country Planning (Bristol Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1989 and makes transitional provisions in connection with the transfer of planning functions from the Bristol Development Corporation to the councils of the City of Bristol and the County of Avon.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bristol-development-corporation-planning-functions-order-1995
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