After tinkering with parts of the compulsory purchase regime in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, in an effort to streamline and modernise it, the government has now published a consultation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The local council reportedly sent a letter to one elderly couple in the U.K., notifying them that they would have to sell their ...

Currently objections to a compulsory purchase order (CPO) can be considered by way of a public inquiry, hearing or written representations. Hearings are uncommon and all objectors must consent to ...

The local council reportedly sent a letter to one elderly couple in the U.K., notifying them that they would have to sell their home by means of a Compulsory Purchase Order, to house asylum-seekers ...

Burnley Council’s Executive will consider proposals to make Compulsory Purchase Orders on three long-term vacant private-sector properties, as part of the Council’s ongoing Empty Homes Programme, at ...