Planning (Wales) Act 2026

Prospective

335 Requirement to purchase parts of agricultural units unaffected by blight E+W

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a claimant serves a blight notice in respect of an interest in the whole or part of an agricultural unit, and

(b) on the day the blight notice is served, that whole or part contains land that is not blighted land (“the unaffected area”) as well as blighted land.

(2) The claimant may include in the blight notice—

(a) a claim that the unaffected area is not reasonably capable of being farmed as a separate agricultural unit, either by itself or in conjunction with other relevant land, and

(b) a requirement that the appropriate authority purchases the claimant’s interest in the whole of the unit, or in the whole of the part of the unit to which the notice relates.

(3) In subsection (2) and section 336(3), “other relevant land” means—

(a) if the blight notice is served in respect of an interest in part of the agricultural unit, the rest of that unit;

(b) land—

(i) that consists of or forms part of any other agricultural unit occupied by the claimant on the day the blight notice is served, and

(ii) in which the claimant is on that day entitled to an owner’s interest (as defined in paragraph 34(1) of Schedule 19).

(But see section 337(3) for the definition of “other relevant land” where there is an objection on Ground 3.)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 335 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)