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New Towns Act 1981

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7 Planning control : proposals given effect by development order.

(1) In relation to a new town— (a) the development corporation shall from time to time submit to the Secretary of State, in accordance with any directions given by him in that behalf, their proposals for the development of land within the area of the new town; and (b) the Secretary of State, after consultation with the district planning authority within whose area the land is situated, and with any other local authority who appear to him to be concerned, may approve any such proposals either with or without modification. (2) A special development order made by the Secretary of State under section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 with respect to the area of a new town— (a) may grant permission for any development of land in accordance with proposals approved under subsection (1) above; and (b) such permission shall be subject to such conditions, if any (including conditions requiring details of any proposed development to be submitted to the district planning authority) as may be specified in the order. This subsection is without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sections 59 to 61 of that Act of 1990. (3) In this section the references to a district planning authority shall, in relation to proposals for development of land in Wales or in a metropolitan county, be construed as references to the local planning authority; and in relation to proposals for any development which is a county matter as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and which is of land in a non-metropolitan county, be construed as references to the county planning authority.

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7 Planning control : proposals given effect by development order.

(1) In relation to a new town— (a) the development corporation shall from time to time submit to the Secretary of State, in accordance with any directions given by him in that behalf, their proposals for the development of land within the area of the new town; and (b) the Secretary of State, after consultation with the district planning authority within whose area the land is situated, and with any other local authority who appear to him to be concerned, may approve any such proposals either with or without modification. (2) A special development order made by the Secretary of State under section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 with respect to the area of a new town— (a) may grant permission for any development of land in accordance with proposals approved under subsection (1) above; and (b) such permission shall be subject to such conditions, if any (including conditions requiring details of any proposed development to be submitted to the district planning authority) as may be specified in the order. This subsection is without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sections 59 to 61 of that Act of 1990. (3) In this section the references to a district planning authority shall, in relation to proposals for development of land in Wales or in a metropolitan county, be construed as references to the local planning authority; and in relation to proposals for any development which is a county matter as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and which is of land in a non-metropolitan county, be construed as references to the county planning authority.

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