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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/schedule-a1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/a1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if the Secretary of State thinks that a London borough council, in their capacity as a local planning authority, are failing to do anything it is necessary or expedient for them to do in connection with the preparation, adoption or revision of a local plan.\n(2) If the local plan has not come into effect, the Secretary of State may invite the Mayor of London to take over preparation of the local plan from the London borough council, in which case the Mayor may do so.\n(3) If the local plan has come into effect, the Secretary of State may invite the Mayor of London to revise the local plan, in which case the Mayor may do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 para. 1 substituted (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(2) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:16.746001+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}