{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-new-towns-special-development-order-1977/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1977/665",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (New Towns) Special Development Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-new-towns-special-development-order-1977",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This order shall apply to land in England and Wales within any area for the time being designated by an order under section 1 of the New Towns Act as the site of a new town, other than any such area within the area for which the Development Board for Rural Wales is responsible under section 1(2) of the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this order, the General Development Order shall apply to the land to which this order applies.\n(3) This order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (New Towns) Special Development Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 10th May 1977.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/891",
      "affecting_title": "The New Towns Act 1981 (Local Authority Oversight) Regulations 2018"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/665/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:03:48.647738+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."
}