From the strategic to the tactical, we put you in control of compulsory purchase.
One of the most challenging areas of property law and practice, compulsory purchase comes with big risks on both sides of the process. If you’re making a claim or on the receiving end of one, you’ll need real experts on your team. That’s why so many developers, solicitors, barristers and claimants turn to specialist consultants like us. We have one of the market’s largest and most respected teams with deep technical knowledge and the unique insight that comes from being part of one of the world’s biggest property companies.
If you’re exercising powers to acquire land, we’ll work hard to accelerate your project, increase the probability of success and mitigate the risks of delay.
If you’re affected by compulsory purchase, we’ll use all our skills to make sure you’re protected effectively.
Many clients have trusted us to handle CPO for decades. They like our strategic approach, our knowledge and our success rate in securing great outcomes on both sides of the table.
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Making a Compulsory Purchase Order?
If you’re a local authority, central government, a developer in a joint venture or a legal authority acting for a developer we can help you acquire land and rights successfully.
We’ve helped deliver some of the decade’s biggest infrastructure projects, including Channel Tunnel, the London 2012 Olympics, HS2, Thames Tideway and Crossrail. On other infrastructure projects our clients include Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Cheshire East Council, UK Power Networks and National Grid.
We’ve also represented development partners and Councils on town centre regeneration. Clients like Westfield, Ballymore, Lendlease, Grainger and Hammerson, and Councils such as Ebbsfleet Development Corporation and Thurrock Council.
The team offers a comprehensive range of compulsory purchase services, from strategic advice on planning an order through to specialist valuations. We’re also able to help with statutory valuations, ransom strip negotiations, marriage value, restrictive covenants, easements and wayleaves.
Is your land being acquired?
When you’ve been served a compulsory purchase order, you’ll need advice on its potential impact, how to respond and a team to protect your interest. If you need an expert witness at a Public Inquiry or Upper Tribunal, we can help you every step of the way.
Whether you want to protect your land from being acquired, serve a blight notice or ensure you get the right compensation for your interest, we have the experience to handle your claim from start to finish.
We represent clients with vast portfolios and manage many properties. This exposure to scale means we understand the challenges, the processes and how to get the best possible results for you .
Our team is experienced in every type of compensation claim. If you’re an occupier included in a CPO or a business that has to relocate, we can help with that too.
Case Studies
High Speed 2
Euston Station to the M25
350-mile corridor route
Thames Tideway Tunnel
26km along the River Thames
Through Central London
Croydon Partnership (Unibail- Rodamco-Westfield and Hammerson)
Croydon town centre
1.5 million sq. ft.
Our advice on compulsory purchase and compensation has enabled the Partnership to assemble a site with multiple ownership, that otherwise would not be capable of redevelopment.