# Planning (Wales) Act 2026, Paragraph 5: Response to purchase notice by planning authority

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Where a person has served a purchase notice on a planning authority, the authority must serve an acceptance notice or rejection notice on the person.
(2) An acceptance notice is a notice stating either—
(a) that the planning authority is willing to comply with the purchase notice, or
(b) that another local authority or statutory undertaker specified in the acceptance notice has agreed to comply with the purchase notice.
(3) A rejection notice is a notice stating—
(a) that for reasons specified in the notice, the planning authority is not willing to comply with the purchase notice and has not found any other local authority or statutory undertaker willing to comply with it, and
(b) that the planning authority has sent copies of the purchase notice and rejection notice to the Welsh Ministers.
(4) An acceptance notice or rejection notice must be served before the end of 3 months beginning with the day the purchase notice was served.
(5) Where the planning authority serves an acceptance notice on a person, that authority or (in the case of a notice falling within sub-paragraph (2)(b)) the other local authority or statutory undertaker specified in the notice is to be treated—
(a) as being authorised under the relevant acquisition provisions to acquire the person’s interest compulsorily, and
(b) as having served a notice to treat in respect of that interest on the day the acceptance notice is served.
(6) Before serving a rejection notice on a person, the planning authority must send the Welsh Ministers—
(a) a copy of the purchase notice, and
(b) a copy of the rejection notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/schedule/12/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/schedule-12/paragraph-5
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