Objecting to a Compulsory Purchase Order
There are two types of objector to a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO); statutory objectors, whose land is being taken and non-statutory objectors, who oppose the scheme, but are not losing any land to it. Objecting to a CPO should be done (a) before the deadline expires (b) in writing and (c) giving as many grounds for the objection as can possibly apply.
The time to take legal advice is now - before your objection letter is finalised.
Objections are sometimes handled on written representations, but statutory objections and large-scale non-statutory objections will usually result in a Public Inquiry.
Compensation on Compulsory Purchase is a very complex subject in itself. We have often disputed points of compensation law. Ultimately, disputes over compensation go the First-tier Tribunal), but the cost (and the very long delay) will often persuade people to reach a compromise well before the Tribunal Hearing. The compensation payable under the 2004 Act is generally a little above Open Market Value and this removes some of the pain from those whose land has to be acquired in the interests of the wider community.
Disputing the compensation for compulsory purchase will not delay the Order or the Scheme for which the CPO was made. Compensation is a separate issue from the prinicple of whether or not the land should be taken by the Acquiring Authority.