Paragraph 31 Owner-occupier of a hereditamentI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 19 para. 37(1) modified (temp.) by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 5 para. 23
Sch. 19 para. 53 modified (temp.) by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 5 para. 23
Sch. 19 para. 27 modified (temp.) by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 5 para. 23
Sch. 19 para. 1(2) modified by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 5 para. 12(2)
Sch. 19 para. 20(2) modified (temp.) by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 5 para. 23

“Owner-occupier” in relation to a hereditament means—

(a)

a person who—

(i)

occupies the whole or a substantial part of the hereditament in right of an owner’s interest in it, and

(ii)

has done so for the whole of the period of 6 months ending with the relevant day, or

(b)

if the whole or a substantial part of the hereditament has been unoccupied for not more than 12 months ending with the relevant day, a person who—

(i)

occupied the whole or a substantial part of the hereditament in right of an owner’s interest in it, and

(ii)

did so for the whole of the period of 6 months ending immediately before the period when it was not occupied.

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