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# The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2025

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2025 No. 430 (C. 16)
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND
The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2025
Made
2nd April 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 255(3)(b) and (11) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

## 1 Citation and interpretation {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2025.
(2) In these Regulations—
“hazardous substances consent” means consent required by section 4 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990;
“permission in principle” means permission of the kind referred to in section 58A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

## 2 Provisions coming into force on 1st May 2025 {#regulation-2}

The following provisions of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, so far as not already commenced, come into force on 1st May 2025—
(a) section 109 (Crown development), and
(b) Schedule 10 (Crown development: consequential amendments),
except in so far as they relate to an application for permission in principle or an application for hazardous substances consent under the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990.