Prospective
(1)This section applies where—
(a)planning permission has been granted for the development of land otherwise than by a development order or a local development order,
(b)the permission is subject to a condition that the development must start before the end of a specified period,
(c)the development has started within that period, and
(d)the period has ended without the development having been completed.
(2)The planning authority in whose area the land is situated may make a termination order if it considers that the development will not be completed within a reasonable period.
(3)The Welsh Ministers may make a termination order if they consider that the development will not be completed within a reasonable period.
(4)A termination order is an order that the planning permission will cease to have effect at the end of a further period specified in the order.
(5)The period specified in the order must be at least 12 months beginning with the day after the day the order takes effect.
(6)In Schedule 6—
(a)Part 1 makes provision about the procedure that must be followed before a termination order made by a planning authority takes effect;
(b)Part 2 makes provision about the procedure that must be followed before the Welsh Ministers make a termination order.
(7)Where a termination order takes effect, the planning permission to which the order relates ceases to have effect at the end of the period specified in the order.
(8)A termination order does not affect planning permission for development carried out before the end of the period specified in the order.
(9)A termination order amending or revoking an earlier termination order may be made at any time before the end of the period specified in the earlier order.
(10)Schedule 6 does not apply to a termination order made only for the purpose of revoking an earlier order, but on making such an order the planning authority or the Welsh Ministers must immediately serve notice of the revocation on every person who was served with notice under that Schedule in relation to the earlier order.
Commencement Information
I1S. 98 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)