{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-204",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-204.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/29",
  "legislation_title": "Planning Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008",
  "path": "section/204",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "204",
  "heading": "Wales: transitional provision in relation to blighted land",
  "text": "(1) During the transitional period the repeal by PCPA 2004 of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 13to TCPA 1990 in relation to Wales is subject to subsection (2).\n(2) That repeal does not affect anything which is required or permitted to be done for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of TCPA 1990 (interests affected by planning proposals: blight) in relation to land falling within any of paragraphs ... 3 and 4 of Schedule 13 to TCPA 1990.\n(3) The transitional period is the period during which—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) ... a unitary development plan continues to form part of the development plan for an area in Wales by virtue of article 3(1) and (2) of the PCPA No.6 Order 2005.\n(4) In this section “PCPA No.6 Order 2005” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No.6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2847).\n(5) This section is deemed to have come into force on the same day as the repeal of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 13 to TCPA 1990 came into force in relation to Wales (see Article 2(e) and (g) of the PCPA No.6 Order 2005).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 204(1) substituted (10.9.2025) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 20(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 204(2) omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 20(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 204(3)(a)(b) omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 20(3)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 204(3)(c) omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 20(3)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 204(5) substituted (10.9.2025) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 20(3)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/204",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:38.131823+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}