# Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, Paragraph 3


The following subsection shall be substituted for section 23(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1959:—
“(2) Before exercising any power of appropriation in relation to land which consists or forms part of open space, not being land which consists or forms part of a common or of a fuel or field garden allotment, an authority to whom this Part of this Act applies—
(a) shall publish a notice of their intention to do so for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in their area; and
(b) shall consider any objections to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/65/schedule/23/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-planning-and-land-act-1980/schedule-23/paragraph-3
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