Compulsory purchase
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Ozanne and others v Hertfordshire County Council
Compulsory purchase of land for highway improvement — Improvement in connection with large development area — Lands Tribunal awarded £1.24m as ransom value — Whether scheme for purposes of Pointe…
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Fletcher Estates (Harlescott) Ltd v Secretary of State for Environment and another; JV Longmores Exo
Compulsory acquisition for construction of by-pass – Owners applying for certificates of appropriate alternative development – Secretary of State issuing negative certificates – Owners alleging error in specifying and applying…
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Landau v Secretary of State for the Environment and others
Compulsory purchase order — Scheme of development corporation — Financial difficulties of appointed developer — Whether Secretaries of State failed to consider financial difficulties — Whether adequate reasons given for…
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R v Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, ex parte Balchin
Bypass — Blight — Owners requesting that council purchase property — Council refusing — Matter investigated by parliamentary commissioner — Commissioner finding no maladministration — Owners of seeking judicial review…
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Leggett and others v Secretary of State for the Environment and others
Motorway service area — Esso holding options on land within CPO — Planning permission refused to Esso — Esso intending to develop the service area — Necessity for compulsory purchase…
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London Residuary Body v Havering London Borough Council
Highway scheme — Compulsory purchase orders of London borough — Highway powers passed to Greater London Council — Notices to treat and to enter served by Greater London Council –…
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R v East Hertfordshire District Council, ex parte Smith
Purchase notice — Notice of entry — Suitable accommodation — Whether offer of bed and breakfast suitable — Whether compensation must be agreed before entry — Application dismissed
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JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v South Gloucestershire District Council (No 2)*
Issue estoppel – Abuse of process – Acquisition of land for highway work required by terms of planning agreement – Subsequent agreement to refer valuation of land to Lands Tribunal…
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Mid Glamorgan County Council v Ogwr Borough Council and others
Compulsory acquisition of common land — Intention to build reservoir — Abandonment of plan — Sale of land for golf club — Whether commoners’ rights extinguished — High Court finding…
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Enterprise Inns plc v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and another
Secretary of State confirming compulsory purchase order made by council – Applicant seeking to challenge confirmation of order – Application issued before notice of confirmation of order published – Whether…
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Wards Construction (Medway) Ltd v Kent County Council
Development of land for housing – Improvement of existing roads – Purchase of field to make roundabout – Developer entering into agreement with highway authority under section 278 of the…
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Mallick v Liverpool City Council
Compulsory purchase — Compensation — Disturbance — Premises included bed-sitting rooms let on residential furnished tenancies — Delay in payment and underestimate of advance payment of purchase price — Inability…