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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (c.53)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Town and Country Planning Act 1959

1959 CHAPTER 53 7_and_8_Eliz_2

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Compensation for Compulsory Acquisition of Land

    1. 1—13... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 14—16... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 17—21... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    Acquisition, Appropriation and Disposal of Land by Local Authorities and other Public Bodies

    1. 22. Exercise of powers of acquisition by agreement

    2. 23. Exercise of powers of appropriation

    3. 24. Adjustment of accounts on appropriation of land

    4. 25.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 26. Exercise of powers of disposing of land

    6. 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 29. Protection of persons deriving title under transactions requiring consent

    9. 30. General provisions relating to Part II

  3. Part III

    Administrative Procedures and Related Proceedings

    1. 31, 32... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 33.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 35—38... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    1. 39—43... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  5. Part V

    Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

    1. 44.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 45. Compensation for damage to requisitioned land

    3. 46.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 47.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 48, 49... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 50.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 51.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 52.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. 53—56... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 57. Interpretation

    11. 58.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 59. Short title, citation, commencement and extent

  6. FIRST TO THIRD SCHEDULES

  7. FOURTH SCHEDULE

    Authorities to whom Part II applies

  8. FIFTH AND SIXTH SCHEDULES

  9. SEVENTH SCHEDULE

  10. EIGHTH TO NINTH SCHEDULES

  11. TENTH SCHEDULE

An Act to make further provision as to compensation in respect of the compulsory acquisition of land, and as to other matters relating to the acquisition, appropriation and disposal of land by public authorities; to make provision as to proceedings in respect of certain matters arising under the Town and Country Planning Acts, 1947 to 1954, and the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Acts, 1947 to 1954, as to applications for planning permission under those Acts, and as to enforcement notices thereunder; to make further provision as to procedure in connection with statutory inquiries, as to compensation for damage to requisitioned land, and as to advances to highway authorities in respect of land acquired for highways; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[16th July 1959]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act repealed as to Scotland by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 70), s. 56(2)

C2Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/319 and 1970/1681

Act: transfer of certain functions in relation to Wales (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C3Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 16.8.1959 see s. 59(2).

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