2011 No. 435 (W.63)

ACQUISITION OF LAND, WALES
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, WALES

The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (Wales) Order 2011

Made

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 149(3)(a) and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 19901, and now vested in them2, make the following Order:

Title, application and commencement1

1

The title of this Order is the Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (Wales) Order 2011.

2

This Order applies in relation to Wales, and comes into force on 1 April 2011.

Limit of annual value2

The amount prescribed for the purposes of section 149(3)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is £34,800.

Revocation3

The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (Wales) Order 20053 is revoked.

Ieuan Wyn JonesDeputy First Minister and Minister for the Economy and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers

(This note is not part of the Order)

The blight notice provisions in sections 149 to 171 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the Act”) enable persons holding certain interests in categories of land, specified in Schedule 13 to the Act (including land affected by certain planning and highway proposals), to require the appropriate authority to acquire their interest in the land.

One of the interests in land which qualifies for protection is an interest of an owner-occupier of a hereditament (which means a relevant hereditament within the meaning of section 64(4)(a) to (c) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988) where the annual value of the hereditament does not exceed such amount as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State (section 149(3)(a) of the Act).

The power to prescribe that amount, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, is now vested in the Welsh Ministers. In the exercise of that power, the Welsh Ministers, by this Order, increase the annual value limit from £29,200 to £34,800 to take account of the rating revaluation in the year 2010.

This Order applies in relation to Wales.

The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/367) (W.33) is revoked.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effect of this Order has been prepared and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum. Copies may be obtained from the Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.