Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-200 (2026)

Modification of development plan. Abandonment of plan and conveyance of property. Limitations

✓ current as of May 2026

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(a) A development plan may be modified at any time by the development agency, provided, if modified after the lease or sale of real property in the development project area, the modification must be consented to by the lessees or purchasers of such real property or their successor or successors in interest affected by the proposed modification. Where the proposed modification will substantially change the development plan as previously approved, the modification must be approved in the same manner as the development plan.

(b) If after three years from the date of approval of the development plan the development agency has been unable to transfer by sale or lease at fair market value or fair rental value, as the case may be, the whole or any part of the real property acquired in the project area to any person in accordance with the project plan, and no grant has been made for such project pursuant to section 8-195, the municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, abandon the project plan and such real property may be conveyed free of any restriction, obligation or procedure imposed by the plan but shall be subject to all other local and state laws, ordinances or regulations, including, but not limited to, any offer of sale required under subsection (c) of section 8-193.

(1967, P.A. 760, S. 16; P.A. 80-41; P.A. 81-415, S. 3, 4; P.A. 07-141, S. 12.)

History: P.A. 80-41 substituted “development” for “redevelopment”; P.A. 81-415 added Subsec. (b) authorizing municipality to abandon project plan and convey real property in the project area if, after three years from the date of the plan's approval the development agency is unable to sell or lease all or any part of the property; P.A. 07-141 amended Subsec. (b) to add “including, but not limited to, any offer of sale required under subsection (c) of section 8-193”, effective June 25, 2007, and applicable to property acquired on or after that date.

Subsec. (a) does not provide a basis of aggrievement to contract purchasers who have not yet completed purchase; “purchasers” means only those parties who actually have purchased specific property in the area subject to the proposed plan modification. 150 CA 279.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2014 · leading case: Kelo v. City of New London, 843 A.2d 500 (Conn. 2004).

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Kelo v. City of New London, 843 A.2d 500 (Conn. 2004). · cites it 13× “partment regulations), General Statutes § 8-190 (department may make planning grants and advise development agency), General Statutes § 8-191 (department must approve final development plan if state grants have been made), General Statutes § 8-193 (a) (if state grants have been…”

Ray Weiner, LLC v. Bridgeport (Conn. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 19× “2 On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court erred (1) in concluding that it could not seek a declaratory judgment against Sampson because General Statutes § 8-200 (a) does not confer aggrievement on the plaintiff as a con- tract purchaser under an executory contract of…”

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