{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-219",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-219.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/29",
  "legislation_title": "Planning Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008",
  "path": "section/219",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "219",
  "heading": "Compensation",
  "text": "(1) CIL regulations may require a charging authority or other public authority to pay compensation in respect of loss or damage suffered as a result of enforcement action.\n(2) In this section, “enforcement action” means action taken under regulations under section 218, including—\n(a) the suspension or cancellation of a decision relating to planning permission, and\n(b) the prohibition of development pending assumption of liability for CIL or pending payment of CIL.\n(3) The regulations shall not require payment of compensation—\n(a) to a person who has failed to satisfy a liability to pay CIL, or\n(b) in other circumstances specified by the regulations.\n(4) Regulations under this section may make provision about—\n(a) the time and manner in which a claim for compensation is to be made, and\n(b) the sums, or the method of determining the sums, payable by way of compensation.\n(5) CIL regulations may permit or require a charging authority to apply CIL (either generally or subject to limits set by or determined in accordance with the regulations) for expenditure incurred under this section.\n(6) A dispute about compensation may be referred to and determined by the Upper Tribunal.\n(7) In relation to the determination of any such question, the provisions of section 4 of the Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33) apply subject to any necessary modifications and to the provisions of CIL regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 219(6) substituted (1.6.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 296(a) (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 219(7) substituted (1.6.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 296(b) (with Sch. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/219",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:38.131823+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}