{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1962/section-155",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/10-11/38",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1962",
  "path": "section/155",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "155",
  "heading": "Extinguishment of public rights of way over land held for planning purposes",
  "text": "(1) Where any land has been acquired or appropriated for planning purposes, and is for the time being held by a local authority for the purposes for which it was acquired or appropriated, the Minister may by order extinguish any public right of way over the land if he is satisfied that an alternative right of way has been or will be provided or that the provision of an alternative right of way is not required.\n(2) The provisions of the last preceding section (except subsection (5) thereof) shall have effect in relation to orders under this section as they have effect in relation to orders under section one hundred and fifty-three of this Act, with the substitution, for references to the Minister of Transport, of references to the Minister.\n(3) In this section any reference to the acquisition or appropriation of land for planning purposes shall be construed in accordance with subsection (1) of section eighty-seven of this Act as if this section were in Part V of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/10-11/38/section/155",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:02:52.539255+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."
}