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Section 147: Planning decisions not ranking for compensation

Town and Country Planning Act 1971 · 1971 c. 78View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VII: Compensation for Planning Decisions Restricting New Development

Compensation under this Part of this Act shall not be payable—

in respect of the refusal of planning permission for any development which consists of or includes the making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land; or
in respect of any decision made on an application in pursuance of regulations under section 63 of this Act for consent to the display of advertisements.

Compensation under this Part of this Act shall not be payable in respect of the application to any planning permission of any of the conditions referred to in sections 41 and 42 of this Act or in respect of the imposition of any condition to which section 71 or 82 of this Act applies.

Compensation under this Part of this Act shall not be payable in respect of the refusal of permission to develop land, if the reason or one of the reasons stated for the refusal is that the land is unsuitable for the proposed development on account of its liability to flooding or to subsidence.

For the purposes of this section, a planning decision whereby permission to develop land is granted subject to a condition prohibiting development on a specified part of that land shall be treated as a decision refusing the permission with respect to that part of the land.

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