# Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025, Section 106: Required content of newspaper notices

Extent: E+W

(1) Part 2 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (purchases by local and other authorities) is amended as set out in subsections (2) and (3).
(2) In section 11 (obligation on acquiring authority to publish notice of compulsory purchase order), after subsection (2) insert—
“(2ZA) In the case of a notice under subsection (1)(a), the requirement in subsection (2)(b) to describe the land may be met by briefly identifying the land (by giving its postal address or otherwise).”
(3) In section 15 (notices after confirmation of order)—
(a) after subsection (4) insert—
“(4ZA) In the case of a notice under subsection (3)(a), the requirement in subsection (4)(a) to describe the land may be met by briefly identifying the land (by giving its postal address or otherwise).”;
(b) at the end of subsection (4F)(b), insert “except that, in the case of a fulfilment notice under subsection (4C)(b)(i), the requirement to annex a description of the land (see subsection (4)(a)) may be met by briefly identifying the land (by giving its postal address or otherwise).”
(4) Schedule 1 to that Act (purchases by Ministers) is amended as set out in subsections (5) and (6).
(5) In paragraph 2 (obligation on Minister to publish notice of compulsory purchase order), after sub-paragraph (2) insert—
“(2ZA) In the case of a notice under sub-paragraph (1)(a), the requirement in sub-paragraph (2)(b) to describe the land may be met by briefly identifying the land (by giving its postal address or otherwise).”
(6) In paragraph 6 (notices after confirmation order)—
(a) after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“(4ZA) In the case of a notice under sub-paragraph (3)(a), the requirement in sub-paragraph (4)(a) to describe the land may be met by briefly identifying the land (by giving its postal address or otherwise).”;
(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (4D)(b), insert “except that, in the case of a fulfilment notice under sub-paragraph (4C)(b)(i), the requirement to annex a description of the land (see sub-paragraph (4)(a)) may be met by briefly identifying the land (by giving its postal address or otherwise).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/34/section/106 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-infrastructure-act-2025/section-106
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