Town Planning Act 1925

Town Planning Act 1925[a]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the enactments relating to town planning in England and Wales.
Citation15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 16
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent9 April 1925
Commencement1 July 1925[c]
Repealed1 April 1933
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealed byTown and Country Planning Act 1932
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Town Planning Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 16) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to town planning in England and Wales.[1]

The Town Planning (Scotland) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 17) made similar provisions for Scotland.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 21 of the act repealed 5 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
9 Edw. 7. c. 44 Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1909 Part II.

Part IV. so far as it relates to town planning. The Fourth Schedule. The Fifth Schedule.

9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 35 Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919 Part II.

The Third Schedule.

9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 99 Housing (Additional Powers) Act 1919 Section ten.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 19 Housing Act 1921 Section six so far as unrepealed by the Housing Act 1924.

Section seven.

13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 24 Housing, &c. Act 1923 Part II.

The Second Schedule so far as it amends section 59 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 54 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Town and Country Planning Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 48), which came into operation on 1 April 1933.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 22(1).
  2. ^ Section 22(3).
  3. ^ Section 22(2).

References

  1. ^ Pepler, George L. (1949). "Forty Years of Statutory Town Planning". Town Planning Review. 20 (2): 103. doi:10.3828/tpr.20.2.438n8m31608854p3. ISSN 0041-0020.
  2. ^ "Town Planning Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 16
  3. ^ "Town and Country Planning Act 1932", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/22-23 c. 48