{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-amendment-england-order-2005/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-amendment-england-order-2005/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2087",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (England) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-amendment-england-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND\nMade 25th July 2005\nLaid before Parliament 3rd August 2005\nComing into force 24th August 2005\nThe First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 59, 71, 76A(5), (6) and (10), 77(4), 78(3), 78A(6) and 79(4) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and section 54 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 8. Sections 71, 77(4) and 79(4) were amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 32 and paragraphs 7, 18 and 19 of Schedule 7. Sections 76A and 78A were inserted, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was substituted, by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), sections 44, 50 and paragraph 16(4) of Schedule 6. The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 59, 71, 77(4), 78(3), 78A(6) and 79(4) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672: see article 2 and the entry in Schedule 1 for the 1990 Act, and section 118(3) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2087/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:42.509632+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."
}