The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Made: 8th January 2026

Laid before Parliament: 12th January 2026

Coming into force: 18th February 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1)[^f00001], 4(1) and 6(1) of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981[^f00002].

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 18th February 2026.

• (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendment to the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) Regulations 2017

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In the Schedule to the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) Regulations 2017[^f00003], for each of Forms 1 and 2, substitute the corresponding form in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Schedule — SUBSTITUTED FORMS

Part 1 — Form 1: Form of general vesting declaration

Part 2 — Form 2: Form of notice specifying land and stating effect of general vesting declaration

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 — 8th January 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Explanatory Note

These Regulations amend the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/3) (“the 2017 Regulations”). The Regulations come into force on 18th February 2026.

Regulation 2 replaces Forms 1 and 2 in the 2017 Regulations with new versions which are contained in Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See the definition of “prescribed”. The function of the Secretary of State under section 2(1) to prescribe by regulations, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, was transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). This function was subsequently transferred from the National Assembly to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00002]: 1981 c. 66. Section 2(1) was amended by section 108(2) of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34) (“the 2025 Act”). Section 4(1) was amended by section 184 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) (“the 2016 Act”) and section 108(3) of the 2025 Act. Section 6(1) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 15 to the 2016 Act.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2017/3, amended by S.I. 2024/477.