Part 8: Development Corporations Planning functions Section 175: Planning functions of new town development corporations Background
Previously, New Town Development Corporations could not be local planning authorities for their areas.
	The provisions in section 175, which apply to England only, allow for New Town Development Corporations to be a local planning authority for their area so that they have access to planning powers that are equivalent to those available to Mayoral Development Corporations. This includes the ability for New Town Development Corporations to become the local planning authority for the purposes, separately or collectively, of local plan-making, development management and neighbourhood planning.