Legislation – Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025
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Part 3Development and nature recovery
The nature restoration levy
80Compensation
(1)
Nature restoration levy regulations may require Natural England or another public authority to pay compensation in respect of loss or damage suffered as a result of enforcement action.
(2)
In this section, “enforcement action” means action taken under regulations under section 79.
(3)
The regulations may provide that compensation is not required to be paid—
(a)
to a person who has failed to satisfy a liability to pay the nature restoration levy, or
(b)
in other circumstances specified by the regulations.
(4)
The regulations may make provision about—
(a)
the time and manner in which a claim for compensation is to be made, and
(b)
the sums, or the method of determining the sums, payable by way of compensation.
(5)
Nature restoration levy regulations may permit or require Natural England to apply the nature restoration levy (either generally or subject to limits set by or determined in accordance with the regulations) for expenditure incurred under this section.
(6)
A dispute about compensation may be referred to and determined by the Upper Tribunal.
(7)
In relation to the determination of any such question, the provisions of section 4 of the Land Compensation Act 1961 apply subject to any necessary modifications and to the provisions of nature restoration levy regulations.