In a globalised world airports have a key role in the transportation of people and goods by air. The Airport National Policy Statements (NPS) set out the framework by which the UK government establishes the need for, and delivery of, strategic airport infrastructure.
Subject to their size/scale, the expansion of or improvements to airports are delivered by Development Consent Order (DCO) and typically requiring compulsory purchase powers granted to acquire the land and/or title rights to deliver the scheme.
The specialist team at Holmes & Hills understand that a new airport project can have significant impacts on affected landowners, homeowners and business owners.
In addition to environmental, ecological, heritage and land-use impacts, airport schemes can bring significant localised impacts; from inception to construction and thereafter use of the airport.
The specialist team here at Holmes & Hills can help you to understand the effect the development or airport expansion project will or may have on clients and their property; providing proactive advice to protect our clients’ interests and legal rights.
We offer fixed-fee packages and will seek to recover our legal costs from the scheme promoter whenever possible. Learn more about our team and how we can support you.
We advise on all types of airport expansion scheme. We advise affected landowners, homeowners and business owners and our experience includes the following schemes:
We have provided support and assistance with people whose property is to be compulsorily acquired or those whose attempts to move/sell their property are being negatively impacted by an airport scheme. This includes assisting with claims to recover the cost of mitigation work (i.e. noise attenuation) but also where there is a need to sell/ (i.e. a discretionary purchase by the airport). Where legal blight arises we seek to recover your reasonable costs from the acquiring authority.
If you are affected by a scheme and don’t know what to do, our specialist compulsory purchase order team can help you. The help we can provide depends on the stage of the scheme but we can offer a number of fixed fee packages to provide you with clear advice and at certain cost.
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