The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1968 concerning general vesting declarations, and related enactments, in England and Wales.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 16(3) of the act repealed 4 enactments, listed in schedule 5 to the act.
+Enactments repealed by section 16(3)CitationShort titleExtent of repeal1968 c. 72Town and Country Planning Act 1968Section 30.In section 104, in subsection (1) the definitions of "Act of 1946", "prescribed" and "the principal Act", and subsection (3).Schedule 3.Schedule 3A.In Schedule 10 paragraph 14.1971 c. 18Land Commission (Dissolution) Act 1971In Schedule 2 paragraph 2 and Appendix A.1973 c. 26Land Compensation Act 1973In section 58(1) the words "paragraph 10 of Schedule 3A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1968".1980 c. 65Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980In Schedule 27 paragraphs 1 to 8.
Subsequent developments The act has been amended on a number of occasions since its enactment. The Housing and Planning Act 2016 inserted section 5A, imposing a time limit of three years from the compulsory purchase order becoming operative for executing a general vesting declaration, and Schedule A1, establishing a counter-notice procedure enabling owners to require the acquiring authority to purchase the whole of a house, building or factory where only part is included in the declaration. The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 further amended the time-limit provisions in section 5A and inserted sections 8A and 8B, enabling an acquiring authority and the owner of an interest to agree in writing to postpone or advance the vesting date. The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 inserted sections 4A and 4B, providing an expedited vesting procedure for unoccupied or derelict land.
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English land law Compulsory purchase in England and Wales
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