{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-54A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-54A.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/54A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54A",
  "heading": "Status of development plans.",
  "text": "Where, in making any determination under the planning Acts, regard is to be had to the development plan, the determination shall be made in accordance with the plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Chapter III headings and s. 54A inserted (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 26 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2067, art.3 (subject to savings in art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/54A",
    "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."
}