Compensation
14.—(1) An owner or former owner of listed land or of previously listed land, other than an owner or former owner specified in regulation 15, is entitled to compensation from the responsible authority of such amount as the authority may determine where the circumstances in paragraph (2) apply.
(2) The circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1) are that the person making the claim has, at a time when the person was the owner of the land and the land was listed, incurred loss or expense in relation to the land which would be likely not to have been incurred if the land had not been listed.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, and without prejudice to other types of claim which may be made, the following types of claim may be made—
(a)a claim arising from any period of delay in entering into a binding agreement to sell the land which is wholly caused—
(i)by relevant disposals of the land being prohibited by section 95(1) of the Act during any part of the relevant six weeks that is on or after the date on which the responsible authority receives notification under section 95(2) of the Act in relation to the land, or
(ii)in a case where the prohibition continues during the six months beginning with that date, by relevant disposals of the land being prohibited during any part of the relevant six months that is on or after that date; and
(b)a claim for reasonable legal expenses incurred in a successful appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal against the responsible authority’s decision—
(i)to list the land,
(ii)to refuse to pay compensation, or
(iii)with regard to the amount of compensation offered or paid.
(4) In paragraph (3)(a) “the relevant six weeks” means the six weeks, and “the relevant six months” means the six months, beginning with—
(a)the date on which the responsible authority receives notification under section 95(2) of the Act in relation to the land, or
(b)if earlier, the earliest date on which it would have been reasonable for that notification to have been given by the owner who gave it.
(5) A claim for compensation must—
(a)be made in writing to the responsible authority;
(b)be made before the end of thirteen weeks after the loss or expense was incurred or (as the case may be) finished being incurred;
(c)state the amount of compensation sought for each part of the claim; and
(d)be accompanied by supporting evidence for each part of the claim.
(6) The responsible authority must give the claimant written reasons for its decisions with respect to a request for compensation.