Legal background
The legislation which this Act amends is set out in a number of Acts of Parliament. This legislation is referred to below with further explanations, where required, set out in the section-by-section commentary.
	The principal planning Act is the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (‘the 1990 Act’). This Act amends the 1990 Act, as well as the following other planning legislation:
The New Towns Act 1981;
Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (‘the 2004 Act’) which brought about changes to the development plan system and to planning control; and
The Localism Act 2011, through its amendments to the 1990 and the 2004 Act.
	The main legislation relating to compulsory purchase, which this Act amends, is:
The Land Compensation Act 1961;
The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965;
The Land Compensation Act 1973;
The Acquisition of Land Act 1981;
The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981
The Greater London Authority Act 1999; and
The Housing and Planning Act 2016.