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 ...

After several decades of neglect, the UK is once again investing in its infrastructure, with an associated rise in compulsory purchase projects. But how can landowners protect their rights and smooth ...

Compulsory purchase powers will be used "as a last resort" in an efforts to tackle poor housing, Blackpool Council has said. Council leader, councillor Lynn Williams, said better housing has been an ...

A Yorkshire-based farming leader has told MPs proposed changes to compulsory purchase powers risks exacerbating the agricultural sector’s lack of confidence in government. Farmer Rachel Hallos has ...

A fairer, simpler and more effective compulsory purchase and compensation system is outlined in new proposals welco... A fairer, simpler and more effective compulsory purchase and compensation system ...

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The lowering of the compulsory sale threshold to 80 per cent has been in force for only one year but there are already many tales of intimidation, misrepresentation, tampering with facilities, ...

A compulsory purchase order (CPO) is the name of a notice received by a landowner stating that their land or property is going to be compulsorily purchased by a State Agency. The CPO procedure was ...