{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-227",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-227.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990",
  "path": "section/227",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "227",
  "heading": "Acquisition of land by agreement.",
  "text": "(1) The council of any county, county borough, district or London borough or any combined authority or CCA may acquire by agreement any land which they require for any purpose for which a local authority or combined authority or CCA may be authorised to acquire land under section 226.\n(2) The provisions of Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable), other than sections 4 to 8, section 10 and section 31, shall apply in relation to the acquisition of land under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 227(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 24(7) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 227 inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 18 para. 16(a) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 227 inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 18 para. 16(b) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1965 c.56."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 227 functions made exercisable concurrently (23.12.2016) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1267), arts. 1(2), 6(1)(b)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 227 functions made exercisable concurrently (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 19(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 227 functions made exercisable concurrently (17.3.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(2), 7(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 13(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 227 functions made exercisable concurrently (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 11(1)(b)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 9(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 227 functions made exercisable concurrently (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 227: functions made exercisable concurrently (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 10(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 36(3) (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "S. 227: functions made exercisable concurrently (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 35 (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "S. 227: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 17(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C16",
      "text": "S. 227: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C17",
      "text": "S. 227: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C18",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 9(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C19",
      "text": "S. 227: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/227",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:00.269643+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."
}