The use of compulsory purchase powers can arise in other types of scheme, to include water mains, foul/sewerage water, gas pipelines, flood alleviation, dams/reservoirs, coastal protection, open spaces/country parks, ports/harbours and tramway schemes.
In these cases, the schemes may be delivered by agreement or with the use of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO), Development Consent Order (DCO) or Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO).
More recently, the law has been changed so to allow a mechanism for commercial/business schemes to be “opted in” as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and be delivered by a DCO – with examples to include new data centres, gigafactories or laboratories/research complexes, if the project is deemed of national strategic importance.
In all cases, where there is a large (if not nationally significant) scheme with the proposed use of compulsory purchase powers this will have an impact on affected landowners, homeowners and business owners.
The specialist team here at Holmes & Hills can help you to understand the effect the development or 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 infrastructure 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 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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