Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15LA: Development corporations: power to disapply provisions Background
Former section 33 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 allowed the Secretary of State to direct that Part 2 of the Act relating to local plan making and regulations made under section 14A regarding the preparation of a brownfield register did not apply to the area of an Urban Development Corporation. If such a direction was made for example, the local planning authority would not be required to prepare a local development scheme, local development documents or a brownfield register in respect of the area. In addition, there might be circumstances in the future in which it is decided that old Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and certain regulations made under section 14A should apply to an urban development corporation, but not in their entirety.
	This former provision is being retained and expanded to include a New Town Development Corporation. This allows the planning powers under section 7 of the New Towns Act 1981 and section 148 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 to work in practice.