Introductory text

Urban Development

Made 26th March 2015

Laid before Parliament 27th March 2015

Coming into force 20th April 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(1), 135(1) and 135(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 26 to, the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980^f1, makes the following Order.

Having consulted^f2 in accordance with sections 134(1A)^f3 and 135(1A)^f4 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, the Secretary of State is of the opinion that it is expedient in the national interest to designate the areas described in article 2 as an urban development area.

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Footnotes

f1: 1980 c.65. Section 134 was amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), sections 47, 49(2) and Part 3 of Schedule 12; by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), section 179(1), (2) and (3); and by section 45 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20). Section 135 of the 1980 Act was amended by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, section 179(4); and by section 46 of the Deregulation Act 2015.
f2: Section 45(4) and 46(4) of the Deregulation Act 2015 provides that the duty to consult may be satisfied by consultation conducted before sections 134(1A) and 135(1A) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 come into force.
f3: Section 45 of the Deregulation Act 2015 modifies section 134 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 in relation to orders designating an area of land in England as an urban development area where those orders are laid before Parliament on or before 31 March 2016. A new subsection (1A) is inserted into section 134 of the 1980 Act and requires that the Secretary of State consult the listed persons before making an order designating an area as an urban development area. Section 45 of the Deregulation Act 2015 amends section 134 of the 1980 Act to provide that orders made designating an area of land in England as an urban development area, where those orders are laid before Parliament on or before 31 March 2016, are to be made using the negative resolution procedure.
f4: Section 46 of the Deregulation Act 2015 modifies section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 in relation to orders establishing urban development corporations for an urban development area in England where those orders are laid before Parliament on or before 31 March 2016. A new subsection (1A) is inserted into section 135 of the 1980 Act and requires that the Secretary of State consult the listed persons before making an order designating an area as an urban development area. Section 46 of the Deregulation Act 2015 amends section 135 of the 1980 Act to provide that orders made establishing urban development corporations for an area of land in England, where those orders are laid before Parliament on or before 31 March 2016, are to be made using the negative resolution procedure.