Planning and Development Act 2024

Appropriation of land for local authority purposes

405. (1) Where—

(a) land is vested in a local authority for the purposes of a relevant function, and

(b) the local authority is satisfied that the land should be made available for the purposes of a different relevant function,

the local authority may, by order made by the chief executive of the local authority, appropriate the land for the purposes of that different relevant function.

(2) Where land vested in a local authority by means of a compulsory acquisition under this Act or any other enactment is appropriated under this section, such appropriation shall not, of itself, give rise to, or in any way be a ground for—

(a) any claim for compensation or additional compensation by the person from whom the land was compulsorily acquired, or

(b) challenging such compulsory acquisition.