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Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 406The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (England) Order 2005(The document as of February, 2008) STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS2005 No. 406ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLANDTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLANDThe Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (England) Order 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 Ј29,200. 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 (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 Ј24,600 to Ј29,200 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 -- Back --
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