Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
What this means for your business
- Enforced by
- Planning Inspectorate
- Applies to
- United Kingdom
- On this page
- 3 compliance obligations, 1 practical guide
What you must do
3 compliance obligations under this legislation.
Other requirements 1
Apply to High Court within six weeks if you want to challenge a planning document
If a planning strategy, plan or other relevant document (for example a local development plan or the Mayor of London’s spatial development strategy) harms your business, you can only dispute it in court by first getting the High Court’s permission. You must make that application within six weeks of the document’s publication or adoption date.
Offences and prohibitions 2
Continue activity after a temporary stop notice
Unlimited fineIf a local planning authority serves a temporary stop notice on you (or displays it on the land) and you keep carrying out the activity that the notice prohibits, you commit a criminal offence. On conviction you face a fine – up to £20,000 in a magistrates’ court, or an unlimited fine if tried in the Crown Court.
Fail to comply with compulsory purchase information notice
Unlimited fineIf a compulsory purchase authority serves you with a notice asking for details of who owns, leases or otherwise has an interest in a particular piece of land, you must supply that information in writing within the period set (at least 14 days). Ignoring the notice without a reasonable excuse, or deliberately giving false information, is a criminal offence. On conviction in the magistrates' court you face an unlimited fine.
Penalties for non-compliance
2 penalties under this legislation. 2 carry an unlimited fine.
Continue activity after a temporary stop notice
Unlimited fine
Fail to comply with compulsory purchase information notice
Unlimited fine
Practical guidance
Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.
Sections and provisions
189 classified provisions from this legislation.
Duties 32
- s.12I Public examination person invited
- s.12G Preparation of draft spatial development strategy
- s.12L Adoption of spatial development strategy modifications directed
- s.12H Consultation and representations
- s.13 Survey of area The local planning authority
- s.21 Intervention by Secretary of State the authority
- s.24 Conformity with regional strategy
- s.26 Revision of local development documents
- s.30 Joint committees: additional functions
- s.34 Guidance
- s.35 Authorities monitoring reports local planning authority
- s.36 Regulations and standards matter
- s.38ZA Meaning of “national development management policy” the Secretary of State
- s.39 Sustainable development
- s.56 Correction of errors in decisions
- s.60L Corporate joint committees: area survey A corporate joint committee
- s.60C Review and revision of Framework The Welsh Ministers
- s.60M Corporate joint committee areas: strategic development plans
- s.60 National Development Framework for Wales
- s.60B Procedure for preparation and publication of Framework
- ... and 12 more duties
Powers 51
- Schedule 2 Timetable for decisions
- s.12F Spatial development strategy timetable: further provision
- s.12M Review and monitoring
- s.12Q Power to approve strategy where adoption resolution not passed
- s.12T Supplementary etc provision in connection with regulations about strategic planning boards
- s.12K Submission to Secretary of State before adoption
- s.12R Liability for Secretary of State’s costs of intervention
- s.12P Powers where strategic planning authority is failing etc
- s.12B Strategic planning boards
- s.12D Contents of spatial development strategy
- s.12N Alterations
- s.12O Replacement
- s.12U Regulations
- s.12S Temporary direction pending possible use of intervention powers
- s.12J Withdrawal before adoption
- s.12E Timetable for preparing spatial development strategy
- s.14A Register of land
- s.14 Survey of area: county councils
- s.17 Local development documents
- s.18 Statement of community involvement
- ... and 31 more powers
Definitions 15
- s.12W Meaning of “spatial development strategy” etc
- s.12X Interpretation
- s.12A Spatial development strategy to be produced by strategic planning authorities
- s.23 Adoption of local development documents
- s.33A Duty to co-operate in relation to planning of sustainable development
- s.37 Interpretation
- s.38C Supplementary provisions
- s.38 Development plan
- s.54 Duty to respond to consultation
- s.58 Effect of correction
- s.60K Corporate joint committees to which this Part applies
- s.67 Adoption of local development plan
- s.78 Interpretation
- s.117 Interpretation
- Schedule 2A STRATEGIC PLANNING PANELS
Exemptions 18
- s.12C Regulations about strategic planning boards
- s.15 Local development scheme
- s.16 Minerals and waste development scheme
- s.19 Preparation of local development documents
- s.33 Urban development corporations
- s.44 Major infrastructure projects
- s.49 Development to include certain internal operations
- s.55 Time in which Secretary of State to take decisions
- s.74 Urban development corporations
- s.81 Special provision relating to national security: Wales
- s.82 Urgent Crown development
- s.83 Urgent works relating to Crown land
- s.92 Urgent Crown development: Scotland
- s.93 Urgent works relating to Crown land: Scotland
- s.102 Confirmation by acquiring authority
- s.106 Basic loss payment
- s.122 Regulations and orders
- Schedule 8 Transitional provisions: Parts 1 and 2