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Make
provision regarding the sale of green belt land; and for connected
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Offence
of selling, or marketing for sale, green belt land |
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(1) |
It shall be an offence
to sell, or market for sale, green belt land on the basis that
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planning permission for
new development has been, or can be reasonably |
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expected to be, granted
if such permission has not been granted, or it was not |
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reasonable to expect planning
permission to be granted at the time the land |
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was sold, or marketed for
sale. |
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(2) |
In subsection (1), a reasonable
expectation that planning permission may be |
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granted must be based,
either wholly or in part, on information in the local |
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development plan for the
area in which the land is situated. |
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(3) |
A person or company guilty
of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable, |
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on summary conviction,
to a fine not exceeding the statuary maximum. |
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“company”
has the meaning given in section 735 of the Companies
Act |
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“development”
has the meaning given in section 55 of the Town
and |
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Planning Act 1990 (c. 8); |
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“green belt land”
shall be construed in accordance with section 87(1)(e) of |
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the Town and Country Planning
Act 1990; |
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“local development
plan” has the meaning given in section 62 of the |
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Planning
and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5); and |
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“planning permission”
means permission granted under Part III of the |
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Town and Country Planning
Act 1990. |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Sale of Green Belt Land Act 2006. |
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