Definition of town development

1Definition of town development

(1)

In this Act the expression " town development" means development in a county district (or partly in one such district and partly in another) which will have the effect, and is undertaken primarily for the purpose, of providing accommodation for residential purposes (with or without accommodation for the carrying on of industrial or other activities, and with all appropriate public services, facilities for public worship, recreation and amenity, and other requirements) the provision whereof will relieve congestion or over-population elsewhere.

(2)

In this Act, in relation to any town development, the expression " receiving district" means the county district in which the development is carried out, or, in the case of town development partly in one county district and partly in another, a county district in which part of it is carried out.