Local Authority need not show intention to build on all parts of land being compulsorily purchased under the Act. The object of section 89 was to allow a local authority to purchase land which was unsightly, neglected or derelict to put it to use. The authority’s proposed use was to clear and stabilise the area and make it a heritage site. The section allowed them to buy the land to execute ‘such works on that land or any other land as appears to them expedient’.
Judges:
ustice Macpherson of Cluny
Citations:
Times 08-Apr-1996
Statutes:
National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 89
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Land
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.89867
