Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III (ss. 55-106) except ss. 76, 90(2)(5) applied (with modifications) (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1492, regs. 2(1)(b), 3-11
Pt. III (ss. 55-106): power to modify conferred (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 171(1)(a); S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3
Pt. III (ss. 55-106) applied (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 42, s. 24(1) (with ss. 2, 30(1), Sch. 2 para.9)
Pt. III (ss. 55-106) extended (1.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 96(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2765, art. 2
Pt. III (ss. 55-106) modified (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. III paras. 15(1), 20 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2
Pt. III (ss. 55-106) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 9(1)(2)
Pt. III (ss. 55-106) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 51
Pt. III (ss. 55-106) modified (2.4.2004) by The Docklands Light Railway (Woolwich Arsenal Extension) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/757), art. 20(1)
(1)The Secretary of State shall by order (in this Act referred to as a “development order”) provide for the granting of planning permission.
(2)A development order may either—
(a)itself grant planning permission for development specified in the order or for development of any class specified; or
(b)in respect of development for which planning permission is not granted by the order itself, provide for the granting of planning permission by the local planning authority (or, in the cases provided in the following provisions, by the Secretary of State) on application to the authority in accordance with the provisions of the order.
(3)A development order may be made either—
(a)as a general order applicable, except so far as the order otherwise provides, to all land, or
(b)as a special order applicable only to such land or descriptions of land as may be specified in the order.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 59: power previously exercised by S.I. 1990/2032
P2S. 59: s. 59 (with ss. 60(1), 61(1) and 333(7)) power exercised by S.I. 1991/1536