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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2005 No. 406

ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLAND

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND

The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (England) Order 2005

  Made 28th February 2005 
  Laid before Parliament 9th March 2005 
  Coming into force 1st April 2005 

The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 149(3)(a) and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990[1], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (England) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

    (2) This Order applies to England.

Limit of annual value
     2. The amount prescribed for the purposes of section 149(3)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is £29,200.

Revocation
     3. The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (England) Order 2000[2] is hereby revoked.



Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State


Keith Hill
Minister of State Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

28th February 2005


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(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 enable persons holding certain interests in categories of land, specified in Schedule 13 to that 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 the interest of an owner-occupier of a hereditament (which means a relevant hereditament within the meaning of section 64(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.

This Order increases the annual value limit from £24,600 to £29,200 to take account of the rating revaluation in the year 2005.

The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (England) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/539) is revoked.

Notes:

 [1] 1990 c.8, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. The Secretary of State can exercise the power under sections 149 and 333 only in relation to England: see article 2 of Schedule 1 to S.I 1999/672 as varied by article 4 of and Schedule 3, para (d) to S.I. 2000/253 (W.5).back

[2] S.I. 2000/539.back


ISBN 0 11 072334 1


 © Crown copyright 2005

Prepared 10 March 2005

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