SCHEDULE 3 Crown Application
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (2004 c 5) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 3 Crown Application

Section 79

Purchase notices

1

After section 137 of the principal Act (circumstances in which a purchase notice may be served) there is inserted the following section—

“137A Purchase notices: Crown land

(1)     A purchase notice may be served in respect of Crown land only as mentioned in this section.

(2)     The owner of a private interest in Crown land must not serve a purchase notice unless—

(a)     he first offers to dispose of his interest to the appropriate authority on equivalent terms, and

(b)     the offer is refused by the appropriate authority.

(3)     The appropriate authority may serve a purchase notice in relation to the following land—

(a)     land belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her private estates;

(b)     land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster;

(c)     land belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall;

(d)     land which forms part of the Crown Estate.

(4)     An offer is made on equivalent terms if the price payable for the interest is equal to (and, in default of agreement, determined in the same manner as) the compensation which would be payable in respect of it if it were

Powered by Lexis+®
 

Popular documents

LEXISNEXIS

The supremacy of EU law

The supremacy of EU lawIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. At this point in time (referred to in UK law as ‘IP completion day’), key transitional arrangements come to an

LEXISNEXIS

Sentencing fraud offences committed by individuals

Sentencing fraud offences committed by individualsThe Sentencing Council (SC) has produced sentencing guidelines for fraud offences under the Fraud Act 2006 (fraud by false representation, fraud by failing to disclose information and fraud by abuse of position), false accounting under section 17 of

LEXISNEXIS

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services on behalf of a local housing authority (LHA). Usually an ALMO is set up by the LHA to manage and improve all or part of its housing stock with the LHA

LEXISNEXIS

Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for pollution

Private nuisancePrivate nuisance is an unlawful interference with a person's use or enjoyment of land or some right over or in connection with it. Interference must be unreasonable, and may be caused, eg by water, smoke, smell, fumes, gas, noise, heat or vibrations. Where the defendant has not