Compulsory Purchase and Compensation is the essential guide to this complex and increasingly relevant area of the law. Now in its twelfth edition, no other book presents the same level of information on the law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation in England and Wales in such an accessible way. The best-selling book on the subject, previous editions have been used by professionals and students alike in order to gain a full understanding of a key subject for any surveyor or lawyer.
The book is also especially suited to those coming to this complex subject without a specific background in the law and ideal reading for those students taking planning and built environment law modules. Surveyors in particular will find this book invaluable.
This new edition has been extensively revised, and reflects the changes to law in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and other recent decisions of the courts and the Upper Tribunal, all of which will be of particular interest to those working on cases related to HS2, the proposed high-speed railway line from London to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
PART 1 THE POWER TO COMPULSORILY PURCHASE LAND
1. Introduction
2. The Need for Statutory Powers
3. The Sources of Compulsory Purchase Powers Introduction
4. Compulsory Purchase, Works and Development Consent Orders
5. Purchase and Blight Notices
6. Purchase and Disposal by Agreement
PART 2 EXERCISING THE POWERS OF COMPULSORY PURCHASE
7. Commencing a Compulsory Purchase
8. The Land: What is Acquired
9. Taking Possession and Conveyance
10. The Tribunals Service
PART 3 COMPENSATION FOR THE COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LAND
11. Introduction to the Assessment of Compensation for Land Acquired
12. Compensation for Land Acquired: Market Value
13. Statutory Planning Assumptions
14. The Effect of the Scheme
15. Depreciation or Enhancement of Retained Land: Compensation or Set-off
16. Compensation for Land Acquired: Special Cases
17. Compensation for Disturbance and Other Matters
18. Additional Payments
19. Compensation for Leasehold Interests and Tenancies
20. Compensation for the Acquisition of Agricultural Land
21. Special Compensation Procedures
22. Compensation and Tax
PART 4 WORSENMENT: COMPENSATION AND MITIGATION
23. Compensation for Activities
24. Mitigation of Injurious Effect of Public Works
25. Compensation for Decisions
26. Statutory Utilities: Compensation for Wayleaves and Damages
27. Human Rights
Biography
Barry Denyer-Green, LLM, PhD, FRICS, Barrister of the Middle Temple, is the co-author of Development and Planning Law and Law of Commons and Town and Village Greens.
