Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024

Notices of unauthorised development

113Notice of unauthorised development

(1)Subsection (2) applies if a person is found guilty of an offence under section 103 committed on or in respect of any land in Wales.

(2)The relevant planning authority or the Welsh Ministers may give a notice of unauthorised development to the person specifying the steps required to be taken—

(a)to remove the development, and

(b)to restore the land on which the development has been carried out to its condition before the development was carried out.

(3)Subsection (4) applies if a person is found guilty of an offence under section 104 committed on or in respect of any land in Wales.

(4)The relevant planning authority or the Welsh Ministers may give a notice of unauthorised development to the person requiring the person to remedy the breach or failure to comply.

(5)A notice of unauthorised development must specify the period within which any steps specified in the notice must be taken.

(6)A notice of unauthorised development may specify different periods for taking different steps.

(7)Where different periods apply to different steps, references in this Part to the period for compliance with a notice of unauthorised development, in relation to any step, are to the period within which the step is required to be taken.

(8)Regulations may specify additional matters that must be specified in a notice of unauthorised development.