{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-44.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/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Calling in of proposals for approval by Secretary of State.",
  "text": "(1) After copies of proposals have been sent to the Secretary of State and before they have been adopted by the local planning authority, the Secretary of State may direct that the proposals or any part of them shall be submitted to him for his approval.\n(2) If he gives such a direction—\n(a) the authority shall not take any further steps for the adoption of any of the proposals until the Secretary of State has given his decision on the proposals or the relevant part of the proposals; and\n(b) the proposals or the relevant part of the proposals shall not have effect unless approved by him and shall not require adoption by the authority under section 43.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 44(1) inserted (25.11.1991 for certain purposes and otherwise 10.2.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. I, para. 20(1) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2728, art.2; S.I. 1991/2905, art.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 44(2) substituted (25.11.1991 for certain purposes and otherwise 10.2.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 20(2) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2728, art.2; S.I. 1991/2905, art.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 44(3) repealed (27.3.2002) by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), art. 5(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/44",
    "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."
}