Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960

[F1 9A Breach of condition: relevant protected sites in England E+W

(1) If it appears to a local authority in England who have issued a site licence in respect of a relevant protected site in their area that the occupier of the land concerned is failing or has failed to comply with a condition for the time being attached to the site licence, they may serve a compliance notice on the occupier.

(2) A compliance notice is a notice which—

(a) sets out the condition in question and details of the failure to comply with it,

(b) requires the occupier of the land to take such steps as the local authority consider appropriate and as are specified in the notice in order to ensure that the condition is complied with,

(c) specifies the period within which those steps must be taken, and

(d) explains the right of appeal conferred by subsection (3).

(3) An occupier of land who has been served with a compliance notice may appeal to [F2 the tribunal] against that notice (for further provision about appeals under this section, see section 9G).

(4) A local authority may—

(a) revoke a compliance notice;

(b) vary a compliance notice by extending the period specified in the notice under subsection (2)(c).

(5) The power to revoke or vary a compliance notice is exercisable by the local authority—

(a) on an application made by the occupier of land on whom the notice was served, or

(b) on the authority's own initiative.

(6) Where a local authority revoke or vary a compliance notice, they must notify the occupier of the land to which the notice relates of the decision as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(7) Where a compliance notice is revoked, the revocation comes into force at the time when it is made.

(8) Where a compliance notice is varied—

(a) if the notice has not become operative (see section 9H) when the variation is made, the variation comes into force at such time (if any) as the notice becomes operative in accordance with section 9H;

(b) if the notice has become operative when the variation is made, the variation comes into force at the time when it is made.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 9A-9C inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2014) by Mobile Homes Act 2013 (c. 14), ss. 4(2), 15(1)

F2 Words in s. 9A(3) substituted (18.7.2014) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Mobile Homes Act 2013 and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1900), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6