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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-new-towns-special-development-order-1977/article-7",
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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/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where, by virtue of an order under section 51 of the Act, the use of land for any purpose is required to be discontinued, or any conditions are imposed on the continuance thereof, or where, by virtue of any such order, any buildings or works are required to be altered or removed, nothing in this order shall operate to permit the carrying out of any development which would result in the resumption of the use of the land or the replacement or restoration of the buildings or works, as the case may be, as they were before the order under section 51 of the Act took effect.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/665/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:03:48.647738+00:00"
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  "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."
}