Section 137: Circumstances in which purchase notices may be served., Town and Country Planning Act 1990

This section applies where—

on an application for planning permission to develop any land, permission is refused or is granted subject to conditions; or

by an order under section 97 planning permission in respect of any land is revoked, or is modified by the imposition of conditions; or

an order is made under section 102 or paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 in respect of any land.

If—

in the case mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b), any owner of the land claims that the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) are satisfied with respect to it, or

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 council of the district , Welsh county, county borough or London borough in which the land is situated a notice (in this Act referred to as "a purchase notice") requiring that council to purchase his interest in the land in accordance with this Chapter.

The conditions mentioned in subsection (2)(a) are—

that the land has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state; and

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

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 local planning authority or the Secretary of State has undertaken to grant planning permission.

The conditions mentioned in subsection (2)(b) are—

that by reason of the order the land is incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state; and

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.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) and any claim arising in the circumstances mentioned in that subsection, the conditions referred to in sections 91 and 92 shall be disregarded.

A person on whom a repairs notice has been served under section 48 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 or section 138 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 shall not be entitled to serve a notice under this section in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1)(a) in respect of the building in question—

until the expiration of three months beginning with the date of the service of the repairs notice; and

if during that period the compulsory acquisition of the building is begun in the exercise of powers under section 47 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 or section 137 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, unless and until the compulsory acquisition is discontinued.

For the purposes of subsection (6) a compulsory acquisition—

is started when the notice required by section 12 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 or, as the case may be, paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to that Act is served; and

is discontinued—

in the case of acquisition by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers, when he decides or they decide not to make the compulsory purchase order or the order (having been made conditionally) expires by virtue of paragraph 4AA(2) of Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981; and

in any other case, when the order is withdrawn or the Secretary of State decides not to confirm it or (having been confirmed conditionally) it expires by virtue of section 13BA(2)(b) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

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).

Section 137: Circumstances in which purchase notices may be served.

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