Compensation for loss or damage caused by service of building preservation notice
186.—(1) This section applies where a building preservation notice ceases to have effect without the building having been included in a list compiled by the Department under section 80.
(2) Any person who at the time when the notice was served had an estate in the building shall, on making a claim to the council within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, be entitled to be paid compensation by the council in respect of any loss or damage directly attributable to the effect of the notice.
(3) The loss or damage in respect of which compensation is payable under subsection (2) shall include a sum payable in respect of any breach of contract caused by the necessity of discontinuing or countermanding any works to the building on account of the building preservation notice being in force with respect to it.