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Compulsory purchase reforms to boost Welsh housing supply

10.01.2020

Roger Milne

Welsh ministers want to give local councils stronger compulsory purchase powers over vacant land and redundant buildings to increase the supply of housing.

Appeal: Primate cabins rejected despite compulsory purchase order

03.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked six cabins intended to house a ‘private primate collection’ in the Dorset green belt, despite acknowledging that plans to widen the M4 motorway had forced the appellant to relocate...

News in brief: 174-home scheme in Bolton submitted; Consultation launched on housing ombudsman

20.02.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 19 February, 2018

Legal landscape: Why CPOs are unlikely to break the bank

17.01.2018

Vicky Fowler and Toni Weston

Are compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) the answer to the problem of land banking, as the government suggested in the Autumn Budget? It’s not as simple as it looks, say Vicky Fowler and Toni Weston...

Legal landscape: The CPO model claim form: a double-edged sword

14.12.2017

Debbie Reynolds

Claim form | compensation | compulsory purchase | England | Planning Law

The CPO model form can speed up applications for compensation but, if not carefully used, it can leave claimants with problems if the claim sparks off a dispute that ends in court.

Courtroom Gavel - legal changes that affect planners

Legal briefs: Government’s neighbourhood planning policy challenged

27.01.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 21 January-27 January, 2017

Law reform for a new Parliament

01.05.2015

Richard Harwood

Reform of the planning system is progressing, but needs to continue into the next Parliament, says Richard Harwood QC