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Act modified by S.I. 2010/626 art. 10
Act modified by S.I. 2011/950 art. 22 Sch. para. 1(2) 2-6
Blanket amendment text amended by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 4
Blanket amendment text amended by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 6

Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):

s. 7A inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 22 para. 32
s. 61E-61Q inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 2
s. 61F applied by 2004 c. 5 s. 38C(2)(a) (as inserted) by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 7
s. 61I(2)(3) applied by 2004 c. 5 s. 38C(2)(b) (as inserted) by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 7
s. 61K applied by 2004 c. 5 s. 38B(6) (as inserted) by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 7
s. 61M applied (with modifications) by 2004 c. 5 s. 38C(2)(c)(3) (as inserted) by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 7
s. 61N applied (with modifications) by 2004 c. 5 s. 38C(2)(d)(4) (as inserted) by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 7
s. 61O applied by 2004 c. 5 s. 38C(2)(e) (as inserted) by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 7
s. 61P applied by 2004 c. 5 s. 38C(2)(f) (as inserted) by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 7
s. 61W-61Y inserted by 2011 c. 20 s. 122(1)
s. 70C inserted by 2011 c. 20 s. 123(2)
s. 165ZA inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 22 para. 33
s. 171BA-171BC inserted by 2011 c. 20 s. 124(1)
s. 172A inserted by 2011 c. 20 s. 125
Sch. 4B applied (with modifications) by 2004 c. 5 s. 38A(3) 38C(5) (as inserted) by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 9 para. 7
Sch. 4B inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 10
Sch. 4C inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 11

Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990:

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S.I. 2010/101 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 29)
S.I. 2010/321 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 5)
S.I. 2010/321 art. 3 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2006/1061 art. 4
S.I. 2010/321 art. 4 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2007/1369 art. 3
S.I. 2010/566 art. 3 commences (2008 c. 29)
S.I. 2011/2329 art. 2 3 commences (2011 c. 5)
S.I. 2011/3019 art. 3 Sch. 1 Comencement Order

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Town and Country Planning Act 1990

1990 CHAPTER 8

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to town and country planning (excluding special controls in respect of buildings and areas of special architectural or historic interest and in respect of hazardous substances) with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.

[24th May 1990]

X1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Editorial Information

X1[A Table showing the derivation of the provisions of this consolidation Act will be found at the end of the Act. The Table has no official status.]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act excluded by Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), s. 50(4)(a)

C2Act amended by Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), ss. 72(2), 91(4)

C3Act modified by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 5, Sch. 3 paras. 13, 14

C4Act modified (10.2.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. III paras.40-51; S.I. 1991/2905, art.4

Act: certain functions transferred to the Council of the Isles (Isles of Scilly) (27.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1620, art. 2 (with arts. 3, 4(a), Sch. Pt. I)

Act modified (27.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1620, art.4(a)(b), Sch.

Act modified (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1732, art. 2(1)

Act restricted (13.2.1992) by Severn Bridges Act 1992 (c. 3), s. 35.

Act modified (26.11.1992) by S.I. 1992/2683, reg. 2, Sch.

Act applied (with modifications) (13.5.1993) by S.I. 1993/1075, art. 4

Act extended (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 70(14)(a); S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 2, 5

Act extended (1.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1056, regs. 1(3), 19, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 11

Act extended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 65(7), 125(2), Sch. 8 para. 2(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)

Act modified (18.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2615, art. 5

Act restricted (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 71(7), 125(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)

Act amended (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/593, reg. 2, Sch. 1

Act applied in part (with modifications) (11.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2714, art. 48, Sch. 9 para. 1