Planning (Wales) Act 2026

331 Effect of blight notice

(1) Subsection (2) applies where a blight notice has been served and—

(a) no counter-notice objecting to that notice has been served under section 325, or

(b) a counter-notice has been served but the objection has been withdrawn or has been rejected by the Upper Tribunal.

(2) The appropriate authority is to be treated—

(a) as being authorised to acquire compulsorily under the appropriate enactment—

(i) the claimant’s interest in the hereditament, or

(ii) in the case of an agricultural unit, the claimant’s interest in the affected area, and

(b) as having served a notice to treat in respect of that interest on the day mentioned in subsection (3).

(3) The day is—

(a) the day specified in directions given by the Upper Tribunal under section 329(9), or

(b) where section 329(9) does not apply, the last day of the 2-month period.

(4) The 2-month period is 2 months beginning with the day the blight notice was served.