# Town Development Act 1952, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to encourage town development in county districts for the relief of congestion or over-population elsewhere, and for related purposes, and to repeal subsection (5) of section nineteen of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1944, and part of subsection (1) of section five of the New Towns Act, 1946.
[1st August 1952]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/54/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-development-act-1952/introduction
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