Town And Country Planning Act 1947

An act to make fresh provision with respect to scotland for planning the development and use of land for the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers of control over the use of land.

Town and country planning act 1947. For more information see. Dougal ainsley from law firm lewis silkin reflects on the impact of the act steered through parliament. But it is a singularly robust looking skeleton. To confer on public authorities additional powers in respect of the acquisition and development of land for planning and other purposes and to amend the law relating to compensation in respect of.

Legislation is available in different versions. The town and country planning association s tcpa s current review of the planning system has forced us to confront how far the practice and ideals of planning have fallen over recent years. Its 120 ample sections and eleven formidable schedules dwarf the more modest new towns act its companion in the new planning code. One of the many myths used to justify current reforms is that the 1947 planning framework was a centralised stalinist experiment which has no relevance in modern society.

The town and country planning act of 1947 laid down procedures to control urban sprawl into the countryside. Town and country planning act 1968. The town and country planning act 1990 superseded the 1947 act and made several changes principally dividing planning into forward planning and development control i e. Setting out the future strategy of the local authority and controlling the current development.

The town and country planning act 1947 10 11 geo. Nevertheless so extensive are the powers of delegated legislation conferred by the act that. In january 1947 mr silkin the minister proposing the town and country planning act astutely advised parliament that the proposed legislation is the most comprehensive and far reaching planning measure which has ever been placed before this house. All planning was to be subject to planning permission by local councils.

51 was an act of parliament in the united kingdom passed by the labour government led by clement attlee it came into effect on 1 july 1948 and along with the town and country planning scotland act 1947 was the foundation of modern town and country planning in the united kingdom. The town and country planning act 1947 10 11 geo. 51 was an act of parliament in the united kingdom passed by the labour government led by clement attlee it came into effect on 1 july 1948 and along with the town and country planning scotland act 1947 was the foundation of modern town and country planning in the united kingdom. Latest available revised the latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team changes we have not yet applied to the text can be found in the changes to legislation area.