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| Long title | An Act to relax controls over local and certain other authorities; to amend the law relating to the publication of information, the undertaking of works and the payment of allowances by local authorities and other bodies; to make further provision with respect to rates and to grants for local authorities and other persons and for controlling the expenditure of local authorities; to amend the law relating to planning; to make provision for a register of public land and the disposal of land on it; to repeal the Community Land Act 1975; to continue the Land Authority for Wales; to make further provision in relation to land compensation, development land, derelict land and public bodies' acquisitions and disposals of land; to amend the law relating to town development and new towns; to provide for the establishment of corporations to regenerate urban areas; to make further provision in relation to gipsies and their caravan sites; to abolish the Clean Air Councils and certain restrictions on the Greater London Council; to empower certain further authorities to confer honorary distinctions; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 1980 c. 65 |
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| Royal assent | 13 November 1980 |
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| Text of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65) imposed tendering requirements on local authorities in relation to works contracts and was responsible for the establishment of development corporations, including the London Docklands Development Corporation.
It also created the Public Request to Order Disposal, which can be used by the government to force a local authority to sell derelict land and empty property owned by certain public landlords. The power was renamed the Community Right to Reclaim Land in 2011.[1][2]
- ^ Clover, Charles (21 June 2006). "Kelly forces U-turn on derelict homes". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ Vahl, Shari (21 November 2006). "Saving Britain's empty homes". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2009.