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Control definition

What does Control mean? In legal practice, control describes who ultimately directs a company or undertaking—typically through majority ownership, voting rights or contractual rights to determine management and policy. In the UK, many contracts define Control by reference to section 1124 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010, which looks to the ability to secure that a company’s affairs are conducted in accordance with a person’s wishes, whether through share capital, voting power or other rights (including those of associates). Where a bespoke definition is used, it commonly means the beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the issued share capital...

Planning control and procedures for Crown land: permitted development, urgent applications to the Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers, national security, enforcement and compulsory acquisition (England and Wales)

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Practice notes

Background to Crown’s immunity from development control

In 1992, the government chose to phase out protections that had shielded departments and other Crown bodies from the ordinary procedures and obligations of planning control. The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 later abolished the Crown’s historic immunity from planning control and, more broadly, from the planning regime. The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) and associated statutes now govern Crown development, albeit with certain special provisions.

Government guidance

In England, Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) sets out government advice on planning matters concerning Crown land. The government has additionally issued a Collection of guidance on Crown Development and Urgent Crown Development applications and decisions, together with guidance on the terminology used when discussing Crown Development applications. In Wales, the Welsh government has produced a letter and a supporting memorandum on how the Planning Acts apply to the Crown (the Welsh Guidance).

Special provisions qualifying the application of normal planning rules and requirements to the Crown

Subject to the particular provisions described below, planning legislation applies to the Crown in much the same way as it applies to other applicants...

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