The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65) was responsible for the establishment of development corporations, including the London Docklands Development Corporation.
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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Text of statute as originally enacted | |
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. |
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]