# Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026, Paragraph 45: Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33)

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Section 39 is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) for the definition of “development” substitute—
““development”—
(a)in relation to England, has the meaning given by section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
(b)in relation to Wales, has the meaning given by section 3 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026 (see also sections 4 to 6 of that Act),
and “develop” shall be construed accordingly;”;”;
(b) omit the definition of “development order”;
(c) in the definition of “local planning authority”—
(i) after ““local planning authority”” insert
“ —
(a)in relation to England,”;
(ii) after the paragraph (a) created by that amendment insert—
(b)“in relation to Wales, means a planning authority within the meaning given by section 7 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026;”;
(d) for the definitions of “planning decision” and “planning permission” substitute—
““planning decision” means a decision made on an application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or Part 3 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026;
“planning permission” means permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or Part 3 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026;”.
(3) In subsection (3)—
(a) in paragraph (c), for the words before “in default” substitute “in relation to a decision given on an appeal made under section 78(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or section 73(3) of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026”;
(b) in paragraph (d), for the words from “the time when” to the end substitute “the end of the period mentioned in section 78(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or, as the case may be, section 73(3) of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/7/schedule/2/paragraph/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-consequential-provisions-wales-act-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-45
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