Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act

This 2004 Act updates the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act and introduces: a new statutory system for regional planning; a new system for local planning; reforms to the development control and compulsory purchase systems and also the removal of crown immunity from planning controls.

Further information

Compulsory purchase is becoming increasingly important in planning and regeneration, particularly with regard to housing developments and the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder programme. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has produced five booklets explaining the compulsory purchase process.

The planning process is currently in a period of reform with the production of the Planning White Paper. The White Paper sets out DCLG's detailed proposals for reform of the planning system, building on Kate Barker's recommendations for improving the speed, responsiveness and efficiency in land use planning, and taking forward Kate Barker's and Rod Eddington's proposals for reform of major infrastructure planning.

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