http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/185Local Government Act 1972An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the functions of local authorities in England and Wales; to amend Part II of the Transport Act 1968; to confer rights of appeal in respect of decisions relating to licences under the Home Counties (Music and Dancing) Licensing Act 1926; to make further provision with respect to magistrates’ courts committees; to abolish certain inferior courts of record; and for connected purposes.1975-06-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-06-30Expert Participation2026-06-29 Part IX Functions The environment Town development.1851In the Town Development Act 1952 (in this section referred to as “the principal Act”) in section 1(1) (which defines the term “town development” as applying to development in a county district, the provision of which will relieve congestion or over-population elsewhere) for the word “elsewhere” there shall be substituted the words “ outside the county comprising the district or districts in which the development is carried out ”.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4The principal Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 18 to this Act, being—aamendments consequential on this Part of this Act, andbamendments incorporating provisions of section 34 of the Housing Act 1961 and subsections (1) and (2) of section 61 of the London Government Act 1963 (modification of principal Act in relation to counties and to Greater London).5Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, any development carried out after the date on which that subsection comes into force as part of a scheme begun before that date, being a scheme of town development within the meaning of the principal Act as then in force, shall be treated as town development for the purposes of that Act.1952 c. 54. S. 185(2)(3) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. XIV1961 c. 65. 1963 c. 33.