Water is an essential part of life, both clean water for drinking, washing and keeping clean but also the taking away and treatment of foul or waste water.
Compulsory powers can, or may, be used for facilitate the provision of new water mains, foul/sewerage water treatment plants, flood alleviation schemes and new dams and reservoirs. In these cases, the schemes may be delivered by agreement or with the use of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) or Development Consent Order (DCO).
The specialist team at Holmes & Hills understand that a new water project can have significant impacts on affected landowners, homeowners and business owners.
In addition to environmental, ecological, heritage and land-use impacts, these types of scheme can bring significant localised impacts; in some more notable cases the proposed demolition of homes and the deliberate/planned flooding of land. We can support you through the matter, whether the uncertainty a proposed project may bring, through to the compulsory acquisition of land, or the disruption that the construction/delivery phase may bring with it.
The specialist team here at Holmes & Hills can help you to understand the impact the development or water infrastructure project will or may have on them 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 water schemes. We advise affected landowners, homeowners and business owners and our experience includes the following schemes:
View examples of more common or typical CPO/DCO schemes.
If you are affected by a scheme and don’t know what to you, our specialist CPO/DCO solicitors 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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