Commentary on provisions of the Act Powers in relation to land: supplementary Section 47: Compensation in respect of planning decisions relating to spaceport safety etc: England and Wales and Scotland
This section allows local planning authorities to recover compensation from a spaceport operator or range control service provider if the planning authority has had to pay compensation for certain reasons. Those reasons are set out in subsections (1) and (3). Subsections (5) to (7) make provision for the local authority to require the spaceport operator or range control service provider to purchase an interest from it.
	Subsection (8) sets out that any dispute will be referred to the Secretary of State for determination.