Compulsory purchase
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PP 2003/9
Proposed widening of local authority compulsory purchase powers. A power for an authority to act if it thinks certain circumstances exist has to be wider than a power to act…
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PP 2003/18
The shape of things to come – Planning and Compensation Bill. The proposed new planning and compulsory purchase legislation will be a rather skeletal job even when enacted.
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Rhondda Cynon Taff Borough Council v Watkins
Compulsory purchase order — Limitation — Appellant landowner reoccupying land after entry by council — Council vesting land in themselves by deed poll — Whether appellant’s adverse possession barring council’s…
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R (on the application of English Welsh & Scottish Railways Ltd and another) v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and another
Notices to treat — Validity — Claimants agreeing to vacate land needed for rail link on basis that alternative land provided — Claimants relocating to replacement site — Notices to…
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Roberts and another v South Gloucestershire Council
Appellants’ land subject to compulsory purchase — Assessment of compensation — Whether compensation should include value of minerals excavated from land and used elsewhere by respondent council — Sections 15…
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Joyce v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and another
Powers of local housing authority — Compulsory purchase — Claimant’s house unfit for human habitation — Council making compulsory purchase order with a view to selling house on open market…
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PP 2002/210
ENE – smoothing the way to dispute resolution. A party to a dispute seeks the opinion of counsel, or, possibly, the views of a surveyor or medical specialist.
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Purfleet Farms Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Respondent acquiring land by way of compulsory purchase order — Lands Tribunal determining compensation payment — Appellant beating respondent’s unconditional offer but falling short of full amount of claim –…
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Bell v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
House subject to residential tenancies — Repair and improvement notices under housing legislation — Repair grant — Repair work did not proceed with reasonable diligence — Tenants vacating — Compulsory…
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Bennett v Northampton Borough Council
Acquisition of leasehold premises — Claim for land taken and disturbance — Whether permanent loss of profits established — Award of £13,550 in answer to claim of £43,422
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PP 2002/163
Pointe Gourde principle applied with vigour. A claim for compulsory purchase compensation is frequently contested on the ground (based upon the celebrated Pointe Gourde case) that part of the alleged…
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Batchelor v Kent County Council
Compulsory purchase of two adjoining parcels — Claim for over £1m on basis that land had access value to development land — Authority offered £5,490 — Whether the land had…