In January 2024, authorities informed U.K. homeowners they would enforce the "compulsory selling" of homes to accommodate asylum-seekers. The local council reportedly sent a letter to one elderly ...

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 ...

The local council reportedly sent a letter to one elderly couple in the U.K., notifying them that they would have to sell their home by means of a Compulsory Purchase Order, to house asylum-seekers ...

The compulsory purchase order giving Blackpool Council power to clear the site needed for the £65m multiversity has now been published. The order was granted on January 30 by an independent planning ...