SCHEDULEAMENDMENT OF ENACTMENTS RELATING TO COMPULSORY PURCHASE

Planning Act 2008

6.—(1) In section 134 of the Planning Act 2008(1) (notice of authorisation of compulsory acquisition)—

(a)after subsection (6), insert—

(6A) The prospective purchaser must send a compulsory acquisition notice to the Chief Land Registrar and it shall be a local land charge in respect of the land in England or Wales to which it relates., and

(b)in subsection (7), after paragraph (c) insert—

(cza)in a case where the order applies Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981—

(i)containing a prescribed statement about the effect of those Parts, and

(ii)inviting any person who would be entitled to claim compensation if a declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act to give the prospective purchaser information about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form,.

(2) The amendments made by this paragraph only apply in relation to an order granting development consent made after this paragraph comes into force.

(1)

2008 c.29; section 134 was amended by the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), section 142 and Part 21 of Schedule 25.