ABSTRACT
In some situations a decision of a local planning authority may render land ‘incapable of reasonably beneficial use’. This chapter deals with certain rights of a landowner to compel the local planning authority to purchase from him such land. It may also happen that land may be ‘blighted’ by the proposals of a local authority or some other body, or by some indication on a development plan; the affected land may then be difficult to sell. In this case, certain owners have the right to compel the appropriate authority to purchase such land by serving a blight notice. Land may be blighted by a proposal that ultimately envisages the compulsory purchase of the land, such as a proposed road improvement. Although an outline of blight notices is given in this chapter, the service of a blight notice is a form of inverse compulsory purchase. That topic is more fully considered in Compulsory Purchase and Compensation by B. Denyer-Green (Estates Gazette, Ninth Edition, 2009).
