Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 10188

Compulsory Purchase

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 28 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal DemocratStratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make her policy to bring forward legislative proposals for compulsory purchase powers for local authorities so that they are able to compulsory purchase at current us

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government recently brought into force regulations that provide for the removal of ‘hope value’ from the assessment of compensation, where there is justification in the public interest. Guidance and a fact sheet on the measures was published on 3 Octo...

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