Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Action by council following service of purchase notice

193.—(1) Where a purchase notice is served on a council, it shall serve on the person by whom the notice was served—

(a) a notice that the council is willing to comply with the purchase notice; or

(b) a counter-notice, objecting to the purchase notice, stating that for the reasons specified the council is not willing to comply with the purchase notice; or

(c) a counter-notice, objecting to the purchase notice and stating that the council considers that—

(i) in the case of a purchase notice served under section 191(1) or (3), planning permission for any other development might reasonably be expected to be granted, being development which in the opinion of the council would if carried out render the land capable of reasonably beneficial use;

(ii) in the case of a purchase notice served under section 191(2), listed building consent for any other works might reasonably be expected to be granted, being works which in the opinion of the council would if carried out render the land capable of reasonably beneficial use.

(2) The council must comply with subsection (1)—

(a) in any case where an appeal under section 58, 96, 143 or 159 relating to the land—

(i) is pending on the date on which the purchase notice was served; or

(ii) is made within two months of that date,

within two months of the date on which the appeal is disposed of;

(b) in any other case, within two months of the date on which the purchase notice was served.