Part 8: Development Corporations Local authority proposals and oversight Section 171: Locally-led urban development corporations Effect
This section amends sections 134 and 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. Subsections (1) and (2) insert new subsection (1B) after section 134(1A). It allows the Secretary of State to designate, by order, an urban development area where a proposal has been made by a local authority or authorities and whether it is expedient in the local interest to designate the urban development area and establish a development corporation in relation to the proposal.
	Subsection (3) inserts new subsection (134A) after section 134 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.