ABSTRACT
Compensation is available to landowners as a result of actions by the local planning authority to revoke or modify an extant planning consent (ss 97 and 102). Such situations may be rare, but they can occur where there has been a change in planning policy at either a national or local level. For example, Alnwick District Council has recently been informed by the Secretary of State that a consent granted, but yet to be activated in accordance with the then national policy on the siting of supermarkets, no longer accords with current policy and, therefore, should be revoked. If this action is taken, then the cost of revocation will fall to the local planning authority.
