Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

Planning blight: local plans and modified plans E+W

22 (1) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 13 to the planning Act (blighted land) shall apply as modified by sub-paragraphs (2) to (5). E+W

(2) Paragraph (a) shall apply as if for “for the district” there were substituted “ where the land is situated ”.

(3) Note (1) to that paragraph shall apply as if—

(a) for the words from “includes a reference” to “also” there were substituted “ is a reference to a local plan within the meaning of paragraph 4 of Part IA of Schedule 2 or a modified plan within the meaning of Part III of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, and, until copies of the unitary development plan for the area in which the land is situated have been made available under section 13(2), ”;

(b) in paragraph (a), after “proposals have” there were inserted “ before 1st April 1996 ”, and after “1991” there were inserted “ and not withdrawn before that date ”; and

(c) in paragraph (b)—

(i) after “published” there were inserted “ either before 1st April 1996 ”, and

(ii) at the end of that paragraph there were added “ or after that date in accordance with regulations or a direction made by virtue of Part III of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 ”.

(4) Note (3) to that paragraph shall apply as if, in paragraph (b), the words “the local planning authority decide to abandon” were omitted.

(5) Note (4) to that paragraph shall apply as if, at the end, there were added “or paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994”.