Prospective
(1)Where a planning authority issues a stop notice, it must serve a copy of the notice on any person mentioned in subsection (2) that it considers appropriate.
(2)The persons are any person the authority considers—
(a)to have an interest in the land to which the stop notice relates, or
(b)to be carrying out any activity prohibited by the notice.
(3)The authority may serve a copy of the stop notice at the same time as it serves a copy of the enforcement notice to which it relates or after doing so.
(4)A copy of the enforcement notice must be included with each copy of the stop notice that is served.
(5)Each copy of the stop notice must be served—
(a)no more than 28 days before the date specified in the stop notice as the date on which it is to take effect;
(b)at least 3 days before that date, unless the planning authority—
(i)considers that there are special reasons why the copy of the notice should be served later, and
(ii)serves a statement of those reasons with the copy.
(6)Where a planning authority issues a stop notice, it may display a site notice on the land to which the stop notice relates.
(7)If it is not reasonably practicable to display a site notice on the land, the authority may instead display a site notice in a prominent place as near to the land as is reasonably practicable.
(8)A site notice must—
(a)state that a stop notice has been issued,
(b)specify the date on which the stop notice takes effect,
(c)indicate the requirements of the stop notice, and
(d)state the effect of section 151 (offence of breaching stop notice).
Commencement Information
I1S. 147 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)