The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It was promoted by the
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. It substantially reforms the
town planning and
compulsory purchase framework in the
United Kingdom
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.
It both amended and repealed significant parts of the existing planning and compulsory purchase legislation in force at the time, including the
Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and introduced reforms such as the abolition of
local plans and
structure plans, and their replacement with
Local Development Frameworks.
History
The act took over 18 months to negotiate its passage through
Parliament
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and required special dispensation both to be carried over from one
parliamentary session to another and to prevent it being lost on one occasion due to an error in the wording of a
Commons
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motion.
The bill was introduced in the
House of Commons
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in December 2002. It was re-committed to
Commons committee to allow the inclusion of significant new material relating to the removal of
Crown immunity and
compulsory purchase and carried over to the following session.
The act received
royal assent
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on 13 May 2004 and came into force in mid July 2004;
regulations implementing the parts of the act reforming
development plans came into force shortly afterwards.
The remaining sections of the act are being implemented by further regulations and development orders.
Structure
*Part 1 - Regional Functions
*Part 2 - Local Development
*Part 3 - Development
*Part 4 - Development Control
*Part 5 - Correction of Errors
*Part 6 -
Wales
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*Part 7 - Crown Application of Planning Acts
**Chapter 1 - England and Wales
**Chapter 2 - Scotland
*Part 8 -
Compulsory Purchase
*Part 9 - Miscellaneous and General
References
Sources
The planning Portal
UK legislation
*
Explanatory notesto the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2004
Housing in England
United Kingdom planning law
Eminent domain
Housing in Wales
English property law
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning England and Wales
2004 in England