Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 747
Urban Development
The Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2015
Made
26th March 2015
Laid before Parliament
27th March 2015
Coming into force
20th April 2015
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(1), 135(1) and 135(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 26 to, the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980( 1 ), makes the following Order.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2015, and shall come into force on 20th April 2015.
Designation of urban development area and inspection of map
2. —(1) The areas in and around Ebbsfleet in North Kent (and which lie within the areas of Dartford Borough Council and Gravesham Borough Council) shown on the Map bounded externally by a thick red line and shaded internally in yellow are hereby designated as an urban development area.
(2) In paragraph (1) “the Map” means the map entitled “Map referred to in the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2015”, prints of which (signed by a Director in the Department for Communities and Local Government) are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of—
(a) The Records and Information Governance Services;
(b) Kent County Council;
(c) Dartford Borough Council; and
(d) Gravesham Borough Council.
Establishment of the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
3. —(1) For the purposes of regenerating the area designated by article 2(1) there is established an urban development corporation named “the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation”.
(2) The Ebbsfleet Development Corporation shall consist of 9 members in addition to the chairman and the deputy chairman.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Lord Ahmad
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
26th March 2015
1980 c.65 . Section 134 was amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63) , sections 47, 49(2) and Part 3 of Schedule 12; by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28) , section 179(1), (2) and (3); and by section 45 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) . Section 135 of the 1980 Act was amended by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, section 179(4); and by section 46 of the Deregulation Act 2015.
Section 45(4) and 46(4) of the Deregulation Act 2015 provides that the duty to consult may be satisfied by consultation conducted before sections 134(1A) and 135(1A) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 come into force.
Section 45 of the Deregulation Act 2015 modifies section 134 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 in relation to orders designating an area of land in England as an urban development area where those orders are laid before Parliament on or before 31 March 2016. A new subsection (1A) is inserted into section 134 of the 1980 Act and requires that the Secretary of State consult the listed persons before making an order designating an area as an urban development area. Section 45 of the Deregulation Act 2015 amends section 134 of the 1980 Act to provide that orders made designating an area of land in England as an urban development area, where those orders are laid before Parliament on or before 31 March 2016, are to be made using the negative resolution procedure.
Section 46 of the Deregulation Act 2015 modifies section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 in relation to orders establishing urban development corporations for an urban development area in England where those orders are laid before Parliament on or before 31 March 2016. A new subsection (1A) is inserted into section 135 of the 1980 Act and requires that the Secretary of State consult the listed persons before making an order designating an area as an urban development area. Section 46 of the Deregulation Act 2015 amends section 135 of the 1980 Act to provide that orders made establishing urban development corporations for an area of land in England, where those orders are laid before Parliament on or before 31 March 2016, are to be made using the negative resolution procedure.