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(1)This section applies where—
(a)on an application for planning permission to develop any land, permission is refused or is granted subject to conditions,
(b)by an order under section 65 planning permission in respect of any land is revoked, or is modified by the imposition of conditions, or
(c)an order is made under section 71 or paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 in respect of any land.
(2)If—
(a)in the case mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b), any owner or lessee of the land claims that the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) are satisfied with respect to it, or
(b)in the case mentioned in subsection (1)(c), any person entitled to an interest in land in respect of which the order is made claims that the conditions mentioned in subsection (4) are satisfied with respect to it,
he may, within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, serve on the planning authority in whose district the land is situated a notice (in this Act referred to as “a purchase notice”) requiring that authority to purchase his interest in the land in accordance with this Chapter.
(3)The conditions mentioned in subsection (2)(a) are—
(a)that the land has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state,
(b)in a case where planning permission was granted subject to conditions or was modified by the imposition of conditions, that the land cannot be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of the permitted development in accordance with those conditions, and
(c)in any case, that the land cannot be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any other development for which planning permission has been granted or for which the planning authority or the Secretary of State has undertaken to grant planning permission.
(4)The conditions mentioned in subsection (2)(b) are—
(a)that by reason of the order the land is incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state, and
(b)that it cannot be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development for which planning permission has been granted, whether by that order or otherwise.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) and any claim arising in the circumstances mentioned in that subsection, the conditions referred to in sections 58 and 59 shall be disregarded.
(6)A person on whom a repairs notice has been served under section 43 of the M1Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 shall not be entitled to serve a purchase notice in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1)(a) in respect of the building in question—
(a)until the expiration of 3 months beginning with the date of the service of the repairs notice, and
(b)if during that period the compulsory acquisition of the building is begun in the exercise of powers under section 42 of that Act, unless and until the compulsory acquisition is discontinued.
(7)For the purposes of subsection (6) a compulsory acquisition—
(a)is started when the notice required by paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 to the M2Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 is served, and
(b)is discontinued—
(i)in the case of acquisition by the Secretary of State, when he decides not to make the compulsory purchase order, and
(ii)in any other case, when the order is withdrawn or the Secretary of State decides not to confirm it.
(8)No purchase notice shall be served in respect of an interest in land while the land is incapable of reasonably beneficial use by reason only of such an order as is mentioned in subsection (1)(c), except by virtue of a claim under subsection (2)(b).