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The Beorma Quarter development has been on the brink of happening for the last 11 years. Now, maybe it will, thanks to a compulsory purchase order by Birmingham City Council. Council paperwork reveals ...

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 ...

Birmingham City Council has approved a compulsory purchase order which paves the way for London & Continental Railway's The Axis office development, Holliday Street, Birmingham. The 4.2-acre site ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Housing bosses at Glasgow City Council are planning to offer a property under compulsory purchase to private developers for the ...

Town centres are at the heart of our local communities and economies but most are in serious decline. Although this deterioration is not exactly news, the government’s levelling-up agenda has recently ...

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