Planning (Wales) Act 2026

Prospective

323 Key terms E+W

(1) In this Part “blighted land” means land in Wales falling within a paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 19.

(2) In this Part “blight notice” means a notice under section 324, 346 or 348 requiring the appropriate authority to purchase an interest in the whole or part of a hereditament or agricultural unit consisting of or including blighted land.

(3) In this Part “qualifying interest” means—

(a) an interest in a hereditament or part of a hereditament that meets the first or second condition, or

(b) an interest in an agricultural unit or part of an agricultural unit that is the interest of an owner-occupier of the unit.

(4) The first condition is that the interest is the interest of a resident owner-occupier of the hereditament.

(5) The second condition is that—

(a) the interest is the interest of an owner-occupier of the hereditament, and

(b) the annual value of the hereditament does not exceed an amount specified in regulations.

(6) Parts 2 to 4 of Schedule 19 make provision about the meaning of—

(a) “owner-occupier”, “resident owner-occupier” and “annual value”,

(b) “the appropriate authority”, and

(c) “the appropriate enactment”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 323 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)