Powers to resist government compulsory purchase weakened

[Paul Mobbs]

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You have to be a bit of a planning geek to understand the relevance of 
this. Expressed as a single sentence, this is one more shove to get the 
imposed-from-above government development bulldozer on its way.

:-(

P.




http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/1155755/

Powers to resist government compulsory purchase weakened

Michael Donnelly, Planning Resource, Friday, 19th October 2012


Powers that allow councils and other bodies to object to compulsory 
purchase orders would be weakened under provisions in the Growth and 
Infrastructure Bill.

The Bill amends the Planning Act 2008 to remove the ability of local 
authority or statutory undertakers such as power companies to invoke a 
special parliamentary procedure (SPP) if they object to an order to take 
over their land.  

This means the application has to be considered by a parliamentary 
committee.

Department for Communities and Local Government guidance issued alongside 
the bill said Parliamentary safeguards will be retained "for land with 
genuinely ‘special’ historic protection, such as National Trust land, 
allotments and common land."

Angus Walker, partner at law firm Bircham Dyson Bell said the use of special 
parliamentary procedures could hold up major projects.

"The Rookery South energy from waste project in Bedfordshire was consented 
on October 13 2011 and because the local authority objected to land being 
compulsorily acquired it went to Parliament and it has been there ever 
since. It’s been holding the whole thing up for over a year now", he said.

Another special procedure order concerning the proposed compulsory 
acquisition of part of a recreation ground in Stevenage is also currently 
before parliament. 

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