Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

Suspension of planing permission E+W+S

8 (1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) below shall have effect in consequence of the repeal by this Act of section 22. E+W+S

(2) Where planning permission has been suspended under section 19 or 20—

(a) no enforcement notice under Part V of the 1971 Act or under Part V of the Scottish Act of 1972 may be served after the passing of this Act if it could not have been served before then apart from section 22(1);

(b) if such a notice has been served before the passing of this Act and it could not have been served apart from section 22(1), the notice shall be disregarded (subject to paragraph 7 above, which has the effect of saving liability for an offence committed before the repeal of section 22(1).

(3) Where planning permission has been suspended under section 19 or 20, in determining, after the passing of this Act, the value of any land for the purpose of compensation, section 22(2) and (3) shall be ignored.

(4) Where—

(a) planning permission has been suspended under section 19 or 20, and

(b) by virtue of section 22(6) the right to serve a blight notice has arisen in respect of an interest in any land (“the blighted land"), and

(c) a notice has been served in respect of the interest before the passing of this Act,

then, notwithstanding the repeal of section 22, 192(1) of the 1971 Act (and in Scotland section 181(1) of the Scottish Act of 1972) shall continue to have effect as if the land specified therein included the blighted land.

(5) Where planning permission has been suspended under section 19 or 20 and a time limit is accordingly extended under section 22(7), the period of the extension shall expire on the ending of the suspension by virtue of this Act (if it has not expired before then.)