For Practice > Practice Standards
Better Behaviours Between Acquiring Authorities and Claimants Advisors
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As part of the CPA’s drive to promote better behaviours between acquiring authorities and claimants advisors, the board will start to collect examples of best practice which strike a reasonable balance between the interests of the AA and claimant. The objective being to discuss this with a working group and publish examples on the CPA web site. The output is hoped to be a menu of options as there will not be a “one size fits all”. Members are therefore invited to provide examples of what they believe constitutes best practice. We welcome submissions from members and others.
Suggested areas are:
- Payment of claimant fees by the AA in advance of the exercise of statutory powers. I am aware of Heathrow’s draft policy - any others?
- Consultation process and materials
- Approach taken to disadvantaged groups
- Successful Communication approaches
- Acquisition in advance of inquiry…
- Incentives for parties to agree terms early and on reasonable commercial terms. Different approaches for investors, businesses or residential?
- Conditional contracts
- Bond schemes
- Shared equity schemes to address affordability
- Assistance by AA in relocating occupiers.
- Process for an AA taking possession of land… e.g. Notice of required VP linked to milestones such as confirmation of the CPO
- Notification by AA in lead up to possession
- AA assistance to occupiers in looking for alternative property
- Mitigation measures offered by AA… Not before date, notice periods, etc
- Decanting policies
- Council tenants
- Minimising construction impact
- Part 1
Adrian Maher, working Party Chair