Transport and Works Act 1992

16 Town and country planning.E+W+S

(1)In section 90 of the M1Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (which gives power to deem planning permission to be granted in certain cases where development is authorised by a government department) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

(2A)On making an order under section 1 or 3 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 which includes provision for development, the Secretary of State may direct that planning permission for that development shall be deemed to be granted, subject to such conditions (if any) as may be specified in the direction.

(2)In Schedule 13 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (blighted land) after paragraph 22 there shall be added—

23Land—

(a)the compulsory acquisition of which is authorised by an order under section 1 or 3 of the Transport and Works Act 1992, or

(b)which falls within the limits of deviation within which powers of compulsory acquisition conferred by such an order are exercisable, or

(c)which is the subject of a proposal, contained in an application made in accordance with rules under section 6 of that Act or in a draft order prepared under section 7(3) of that Act, that it should be such land.

Commencement Information

I1Pt. I (ss. 1-25) wholly in force at 1. 1. 1993 see s. 70 and S.I. 1992/2784, art. 2, Sch. 1.

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