Section 201 Object and powers
The object of an MDC is to secure the regeneration F1or development of its area.
In pursuing that object, an MDC must aim to contribute to—
the achievement of sustainable development, and
the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.
For the purposes of subsection (1A), an MDC must (in particular) have regard to the desirability of good design.
An MDC may do anything it considers appropriate for the purposes of its object or for purposes incidental to those purposes.
In this section “specific power”, in relation to an MDC, means any of the MDC's powers other than its powers under subsection (2).
An MDC's specific powers are to be exercised for the purposes of its object or for purposes incidental to those purposes.
Each of an MDC's specific powers may be exercised separately or together with, or as part of, another of its specific powers.
None of an MDC's specific powers limits the scope of its other specific powers.
None of an MDC's specific powers limits the scope of its powers under subsection (2).
But—
subsections (4) and (5) do not apply to an MDC in its capacity as a local planning authority as a result of decisions under section 202 or in its exercise of other functions as a result of decisions under that section,
subsection (4) does not apply to the exercise of a function by an MDC in consequence of an authorisation under section 38 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (delegation by Mayor), and
the powers conferred by subsection (2) must not be used to override a restriction imposed on the exercise of a specific power.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 201(1) inserted (18.2.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 100(7), 118(4) (with s. 116); S.I. 2025/1370, reg. 4(1)(d)
- F2
S. 201(1A)(1B) inserted (18.2.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 102(3), 118(4) (with s. 116); S.I. 2025/1370, reg. 4(1)(f)
Notes on Part 8
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Pt. 8 heading inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 20 para. 2 (with s. 102)
Modifications
- C1
Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/612), arts. 1(3), 4(1)(2), Sch.
- C2
Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(3), 11(1)(2), Sch. 4
Notes on Chapter 2
Modifications
- C1
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (3.3.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/250), arts. 1(2), 4(1)(2), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4(3))
- C2
Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/612), arts. 1(3), 4(1)(2), Sch.
- C3
Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(3), 11(1)(2), Sch. 4
- C4
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/510), arts. 1(2), 13(1)(2), Sch. 4
- C5
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(4), 14(1), Sch. 3
- C6
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 16, Sch. 4 (with art. 28)
- C7
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications (28.7.2020) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/806), arts. 1, 12, Sch. 3
- C8
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 15, Sch. 3
- C9
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 11(1)(2), Sch. 3
- C10
Pt. 8 Ch. 2: power to amend conferred (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 132, 255(3)(a) (with s. 247)
- C11
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 12(1)(2), Sch. 3
- C12
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 40(1), Sch. 6 (with art. 9)
- C13
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 40(2), Sch. 6 (with art. 9)
- C14
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 19(2)(3), Sch. 4 para. 2
- C15
Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 11(1)(2), Sch. 3