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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/derelict-land-clearance-area-chantry-lane-welwyn-hatfield-order-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2562",
  "legislation_title": "The Derelict Land Clearance Area (Chantry Lane, Welwyn Hatfield) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/derelict-land-clearance-area-chantry-lane-welwyn-hatfield-order-2011",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order specifies an area as a derelict land clearance area.\nUnder section 1(7) of the Derelict Land Act 1982, the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, specify by order that an area is a derelict land clearance area. The purpose of doing so is that the area may be treated under that section as if it were in a development or intermediate area. This means that the local authority in whose area the specified land is situated may apply for a grant from the Secretary of State at the higher rates. This grant may be paid towards expenditure incurred in reclaiming, improving or bringing land back into use.\nThe Order specifies an area in Chantry Lane, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire as a derelict land clearance area. Former chalk mining activity has caused subsidence and the collapse of surface land in that locality. The area specified is shown on the map referred to in the Order. A copy of the map is available for inspection at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Council Offices, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6AE and at the Department for Communities and Local Government, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU.\nA full impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2562/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:18.570647+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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