{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-plans-order-1974/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/460",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Development Plans) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-plans-order-1974",
  "path": "article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any sealed copy of the development plan for the area of an existing authority which is, immediately before 1st April 1974, in their custody or control shall, on 1st April 1974, be delivered to the county planning authority for the area to which the plan relates, or where the plan relates to land any part of which falls within the areas of two or more county planning authorities, to that county planning authority whose area includes the greatest part thereof.\n(2) A county planning authority receiving a development plan under the provisions of paragraph (1) above shall, within one month of the date of receipt, deliver a copy of that plan, or any relevant parts thereof, to each other county or district planning authority whose area includes any part of the land to which the plan relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/460/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:45:53.006590+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."
}