{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-consequential-provisions-wales-act-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-208",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-consequential-provisions-wales-act-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-208.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/7",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-consequential-provisions-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/208",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "208",
  "heading": "Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)",
  "text": "After section 256 insert—\n“Power to apply for order extinguishing right to use vehicles on highway in Wales\n256A (1) A local housing authority in Wales that has declared a general improvement area may exercise the powers of a planning authority under sections 286 to 289 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026 (pedestrianisation of highways) in relation to a highway in its area despite not being the planning authority, but subject to the following provisions.\n(2) The local housing authority may not make an application to the Welsh Ministers for an order under section 286 or 287 of that Act except with the consent of the planning authority.\n(3) If the local housing authority is not also the highway authority, it must in the first instance send the application to the highway authority, which must transmit it to the Welsh Ministers.\n(4) Where an order under section 286 has been made on an application made by a local housing authority by virtue of this section, any compensation under section 289 of that Act is payable by the local housing authority instead of by the planning authority.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 208 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/7/schedule/2/paragraph/208",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:35.773110+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."
}