Planning (Wales) Act 2026

124 Compensation for loss or damage caused by temporary stop notice

(1) This section applies where—

(a) an activity specified in a temporary stop notice is, at the time the notice takes effect, authorised by planning permission granted before the day the notice takes effect,

(b) a certificate of lawfulness is issued under section 156 (whether by a planning authority on an application under that section or by the Welsh Ministers on an appeal under section 131 or 160) in respect of an activity specified in a temporary stop notice, or

(c) a planning authority withdraws a temporary stop notice after it has taken effect.

(2) This section does not apply by virtue of subsection (1)(c) where—

(a) an activity specified in the temporary stop notice is authorised by planning permission granted on or after the day the notice takes effect, and

(b) the planning authority withdraws the notice after the grant of that permission.

(3) Any person who has an interest in the land to which the notice relates at the time the notice takes effect is entitled, on making a claim to the planning authority, to be paid compensation by the authority for any loss or damage suffered by the person that is directly attributable to the effect of the notice.

(4) The loss or damage for which compensation is payable includes any amount payable by the claimant in respect of a breach of contract caused by taking action necessary to comply with the notice.

(5) No compensation is payable under this section in respect of the prohibition of an activity which, at any time when the temporary stop notice has effect, constitutes or contributes to a breach of planning control.

(6) No compensation is payable under this section for loss or damage that the claimant could have avoided by—

(a) providing information that the claimant was required to provide by—

(i) an enforcement investigation notice,

(ii) an information notice served by the planning authority (see section 383), or

(iii) a notice served by the planning authority under section 16 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57), or

(b) co-operating with the planning authority in any other way when responding to such a notice.

(7) A claim for compensation under this section must be made in writing within 12 months beginning—

(a) in a case falling within subsection (1)(a) or (b) but not within subsection (1)(c), with the day the temporary stop notice takes effect;

(b) in a case falling within subsection (1)(c), with the day the notice is withdrawn.