The essential guide to this complex and increasingly relevant area of the law.

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Preface

PART I THE POWER TO COMPULSORILY PURCHASE LAND

1. Introduction

2. The need for statutory powers

3. The sources of compulsory purchase powers

4. Compulsory purchase, works and development consent orders

5. Purchase and blight notices

6. Purchase and disposal by agreement

PART II EXERCISING THE POWERS OF COMPULSORY PURCHASE

7. Exercising powers of a compulsory purchase

8. The land: What is acquired

9. Taking possession and conveyance

10. The Tribunals Service

PART III 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 IV WORSENMENT, MITIGATION AND OTHER COMPENSATION MATTERS

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

Barry Denyer-Green, LLM, PhD, Hon RICS, Barrister of the Middle Temple, is the co-author of Development and Planning Law (2012, Routledge) and Law of Commons and of Town and Village Greens.