Commons Bill To Boost Council Compulsory Purchase Powers

Councils could acquire sites where planning permission has not been implemented in full within five years under a Bill put to Parliament. Labour’s Emma Hardy had her Ten Minute Rule Motion covering Compulsory Purchase and Planning moved to a Second Reading. The Bill said councils or ‘relevant bodies’ should be enabled to acquire sites if they can commence development within 12 months of the acquisition and that at least 50% of the development is completed within three years. Read more on 24housing.

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