Section 147: Development of Green Belt land

Planning Act 2008 · 2008 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 7: Orders granting development consent — Chapter 1: Content of orders

This section applies if an order granting development consent includes provision—

authorising the acquisition of Green Belt land, compulsorily or by agreement,
authorising the sale, exchange or appropriation of Green Belt land, or
freeing land from any restriction imposed upon it by or under the Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (c. xciii), or by a covenant or other agreement entered into for the purposes of that Act.

The Secretary of State must notify the relevant local authorities of the provision made by the order.

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The relevant local authorities are—

each local authority in whose area all or part of the land is situated,
any local authority in whom all or part of the land is vested, and
each contributing local authority.

In this section "local authority" and "contributing local authority" have the same meanings as in the Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (c. xciii) (see section 2(1) of that Act).

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