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• Overriding Easements and Other Rights: Possible Amendment to Section 237 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Consultation

Planning, building and the environment

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Summary

Section 237 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 allows easements and other rights to be overridden to enable building or other works to be erected, constructed, carried out or maintained on that land where it is held "for planning purposes". This means that the easements etc can only be overridden during the construction phase and not permanently for the new use of the site.

This situation is a threat to the ongoing effectiveness of regeneration projects. The proposal is therefore to allow easements etc to be overridden once the new use is in place.

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• Overriding easements and other rights: Possible amendment to Section 237 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Response to Consultation