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The Use of Compulsory Purchase in Providing Housing, Urban Regeneration and Infrastructure
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When: Thursday 8 May 2025 | Location: Virtual Forum | Timings: Registration: 12.55, Start: 13.00; Close: 14.30 | |
CPD Hours: 1.5 Hours | Price: Free for CPA Members and Acquiring Authorities (£55 + VAT for Non Members) | ||
This event is aimed at public authorities, who may have limited practical experience of how it works. It is aimed at all levels within public authorities, including key decision makers and technical staff (surveyors, planners, solicitors, regeneration teams), and is intended to provide a high-level overview of the process.
Compulsory purchase is an essential tool in bringing about change. From enabling a single vacant residential property to become beneficially occupied to large scale regeneration projects, the appropriate use of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) can provide certainty on the costs, timing and risks associated with the land assembly process.
This importance has been recognised and reinforced by Government, with recent and ongoing legislative change, updated Guidance and even directly from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, who recently wrote to all planning authorities and other bodies, urging them to consider how compulsory purchase might be used to bring about change.
Speakers:
John Sayer, Ardent; Chair of The CPA
Andrew Ward, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Graeme Lawes, Deloitte Real Estate
Samantha McMahon, Keith Murray Consultants
Elizabeth Paraskeva, Burges Salmon LLP
Paul Gardner, Enfield Council
Programme:
What is Compulsory Purchase and When Can it be Used?
Compulsory purchase as a tool in the land assembly process: Use of CPO as a last resort
- An introduction to the different statutory powers available
The Government Guidance
- How to demonstrate compelling case in the public interest
- Funding and financing/compensation: The essentials
- The value of engagement: Landowners and other stakeholders
Process and Governance
- The project team – internal/external resources, the “Land Assembly Group”
- Procedural steps and practicalities
Case Study
- Meridian Water Case study - London Borough of Enfield - a housing led project that required the use of CPO to unlock development
Question & Answer Session