Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

99 Compulsory acquisition of land for development etc E+W

(1) Section 226 of the principal Act (compulsory acquisition of land for development and other planning purposes) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) the first “which” is omitted;

(b) for paragraph (a) there is substituted the following paragraph—

“(a) if the authority think that the acquisition will facilitate the carrying out of development, re-development or improvement on or in relation to the land,”;

(c) in paragraph (b) at the beginning there is inserted “ which ”.

(3) After subsection (1) there is inserted the following subsection—

“(1A) But a local authority must not exercise the power under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) unless they think that the development, re-development or improvement is likely to contribute to the achievement of any one or more of the following objects—

(a) the promotion or improvement of the economic well-being of their area;

(b) the promotion or improvement of the social well-being of their area;

(c) the promotion or improvement of the environmental well-being of their area.”

(4) Subsection (2) is omitted.

(5) Nothing in this section affects a compulsory purchase order made before the commencement of this section.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 99 in force at 31.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2593, art. 2(a)