The Beorma Quarter development has been on the brink of happening for the last 11 years. Now, maybe it will, thanks to a compulsory purchase order by Birmingham City Council. Council paperwork reveals ...

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 ...

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 ...

Town centres are at the heart of our local communities and economies but most are in serious decline. Although this deterioration is not exactly news, the government’s levelling-up agenda has recently ...

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Further reform to the way compulsory purchase orders are used is needed to make the system fairer and more efficient. The regeneration of north London’s Brent Cross has been on the drawing board since ...

A compulsory purchase order (CPO) has been made on the derelict old Crossways shopping centre in Paignton today as part of ambitious plans to regenerate the site. Over recent years, most of the 32 ...

Court formally rebuked barrister Angela Heavey over ‘baseless scandalous allegations’ made against a number of public officials ...