The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2025

Made: 2nd April 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 255(3)(b) and (11) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023[^f00001].

Citation and interpretation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2025.

• (2) In these Regulations—

• “hazardous substances consent” means consent required by section 4 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990[^f00002];

• “permission in principle” means permission of the kind referred to in section 58A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990[^f00003].

Provisions coming into force on 1st May 2025

2

The following provisions of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, so far as not already commenced, come into force on 1st May 2025—

• (a) section 109 (Crown development), and

• (b) Schedule 10 (Crown development: consequential amendments),

except in so far as they relate to an application for permission in principle or an application for hazardous substances consent under the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Matthew Pennycook — Minister of State — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — 2nd April 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Explanatory Note

These Regulations are the seventh commencement regulations under the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (“the Act”).

Regulation 2 brings into force on 1st May 2025 section 109 of and Schedule 10 to the Act, except in so far as these provisions relate to an application for permission in principle or an application for hazardous substances consent under the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990. Section 109 of the Act inserts new sections 293B to 293J into the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the TCPA”) to provide two new routes for applications for planning permission for Crown development in England. Sections 293B and 293C provide a route for such applications where the development is considered to be of national importance and where there is also considered to be a need for the development to be carried out as a matter of urgency. Sections 293D to 293J provide a route for such applications where development is considered to be of national importance but is not considered to be urgent. Schedule 10 of the Act makes consequential amendments to the TCPA to reflect the two new routes for applications for planning permission.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen. An impact assessment has been produced in relation to the Act and copies can be obtained at https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3155/publications or from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2023 c. 55.

[^f00002]: 1990 c. 10. Section 4 was amended by S.I. 1999/981.

[^f00003]: 1990 c. 8. Section 58A was inserted by section 150(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).