The Transport for London (White City) Order 2004
Section 163 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (“the Act”) prohibits Transport for London from disposing of the freehold interest in any land which is or has been operational land, or granting a leasehold interest in such land for a term of more than fifty years, without the consent of the Secretary of State. Operational land is defined in section 163(8) of the Act. Consent is not required in respect of land which has been operational land if a period of at least five years has elapsed since the land was last operational land (section 163(3)).