# Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, Section 135: Temporary stop notice


(1) This section applies if a council thinks—
(a) that there has been a breach of planning control in relation to any land in its district; and
(b) that it is expedient that the activity (or any part of the activity) which amounts to the breach is stopped immediately.
(2) The council may issue a temporary stop notice.
(3) The notice must be in writing and must—
(a) specify the activity which the council thinks amounts to the breach;
(b) prohibit the carrying on of the activity (or of so much of the activity as is specified in the notice);
(c) set out the council's reasons for issuing the notice.
(4) A temporary stop notice may be served on any of the following—
(a) a person who the council thinks is carrying on the activity;
(b) a person who the council thinks is an occupier of the land;
(c) a person who the council thinks has an estate in the land.
(5) The council must display on the land—
(a) a copy of the notice;
(b) a statement of the effect of the notice and of section 137.
(6) A temporary stop notice has effect from the time a copy of it is first displayed in pursuance of subsection (5).
(7) A temporary stop notice ceases to have effect—
(a) at the end of the period of 28 days starting on the day the copy notice is so displayed;
(b) at the end of such shorter period starting on that day as is specified in the notice; or
(c) if it is withdrawn by the council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/25/section/135 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-135
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