Section 7 Planning control : proposals given effect by development order.F6

England and Wales

C1(1)

In relation to a new town—

(a)

the development corporation shall from time to time submit to the Secretary of State, in accordance with any directions given by him in that behalf, their proposals for the development of land within the area of the new town; and

(b)

the Secretary of State, after consultation with the district planning authority within whose area the land is situated, and with any other local authority who appear to him to be concerned, may approve any such proposals either with or without modification.

(2)

A special development order made by the Secretary of State under F1section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 with respect to the area of a new town—

(a)

may grant permission for any development of land in accordance with proposals approved under subsection (1) above; and

(b)

such permission shall be subject to such conditions, if any (including conditions requiring details of any proposed development to be submitted to the district planning authority) as may be specified in the order.

This subsection is without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sections 59 to 61 of that Act of 1990.

(3)

In this section the references to a district planning authority shallF2, in relation to proposals for development of land F3in Wales or in a metropolitan county, be construed as references to the local planning authority; and in relation to proposals for any development which is a county matter as defined in F4paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 F5and which is of land in a non-metropolitan county, be construed as references to the county planning authority.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123: 1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 51(1)(a)
F2: Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 16, Sch. 8 para. 9(1)(a)
F3: Words in s. 7(3) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 63(2) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F4: Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 51(1)(b)
F5: Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 16, Sch. 8 para. 9(1)(b)
F6: Words in s. 7 heading inserted (14.4.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(7), Sch. 17 para. 1(2) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/168, reg. 2(g)

Modifications

C1: S. 7(1) functions made exercisable (E.) (24.7.2018) by The New Towns Act 1981 (Local Authority Oversight) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/891), regs. 1, 3(1) (with reg. 3(2))