Part 9: Compulsory Purchase Powers Section 180: Acquisition by local authorities for purposes of regeneration Background
Local authorities have the power, under section 226 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("TCPA"), to acquire land compulsorily if it will facilitate the carrying out of development, re-development or improvement of the land and it is in the interests of the proper planning of an area.
	This section amends section 226 of the TCPA.
	The aim of the measure is to give local authorities greater confidence that they have the power to acquire land by compulsion to support regeneration schemes.