COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDERS

Many local authority and government agencies serve Compulsory Purchase Orders on property owners and tenants when they need to take land for public works such as Road and Rail Schemes and Regeneration Projects.

However, there is a Compensation Code that these Acquiring Authorities are obliged to use. The aim of which is pay enough compensation to put the property owner or tenant in the same financial position after the scheme as they were before, no better and no worse.

In certain cases Compensation Claims can be made even when no land is taken!

These claims are made under Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1973.

OUR COMPULSORY PURCHASE SERVICES INCLUDE:

  • Advice on the Statutory Process
  • Preparation of Property Cost
    Estimates and Valuations
  • Objection to a proposed CPO
  • Representations at the Public Inquiry
  • Negotiations
  • Representation at the Upper Tribunal
    (Lands Chamber)
  • Part 1 Claims under the Land
    Compensation Act 1973

We are active members of The Compulsory Purchase Association, attending regular seminars, meetings and generally keeping up to date with the latest case law.

RECENT CASE STUDIES