# Planning (Wales) Act 2026, Paragraph 9: Effect of confirmation of purchase notice or failure to take action

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Where the Welsh Ministers confirm a purchase notice, the authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is to be treated—
(a) as being authorised under the relevant acquisition provisions to acquire compulsorily the interest of the person who served the notice, and
(b) as having served a notice to treat in respect of that interest on the date that the Welsh Ministers direct.
(2) The authority referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is—
(a) the planning authority on which the purchase notice was served, or
(b) if the Welsh Ministers modified the purchase notice under paragraph 6(10) by substituting another local authority or statutory undertaker for the planning authority, the other local authority or statutory undertaker.
(3) If a purchase notice is sent to the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 5(6) and they do not take any action in relation to it under paragraph 6 or 7 by the end of the relevant period—
(a) the purchase notice is to be treated as having been confirmed by them at the end of the relevant period, and
(b) the planning authority on which the purchase notice was served is to be treated—
(i) as being authorised under section 263 (compulsory acquisition of land for planning purposes) to acquire compulsorily the interest of the person who served the notice, and
(ii) as having served a notice to treat in respect of that interest at the end of the relevant period.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3) “the relevant period” means whichever of the following ends earlier—
(a) 9 months beginning with the day the purchase notice was served on the planning authority;
(b) 6 months beginning with the day a copy of the notice was sent to the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 5(6).
(5) But the relevant period does not include any time when the Welsh Ministers have before them both—
(a) a copy of the purchase notice sent to them under paragraph 5(6), and
(b) a notice of appeal under any of the following provisions relating to any of the land to which the purchase notice relates—
(i) section 73 (appeal against refusal etc. of planning application), 131 (appeal against enforcement notice) or 160 (appeal against refusal etc. of application for certificate of lawfulness),
(ii) section 100 (appeal against refusal etc. of application relating to listed building consent or conservation area consent) or 127 (appeal against enforcement notice) of the Historic Environment Act, or
(iii) section 21 of the Hazardous Substances Act (appeal against refusal etc. of application relating to hazardous substances consent) or regulations that make provision under section 25(1B)(b) of that Act (appeal against hazardous substances contravention notice).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/schedule/12/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/schedule-12/paragraph-9
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