Housing Regeneration

Private property - voluntary and compulsory acquisition

A guide to voluntary acquisition

This is intended as a general guide only on how the scheme can operate.

The individual registered social landlord administering the scheme will provide you with a more detailed set of instructions current at the date of your application. Please check with them on their own specific rules and guidelines.

It is important to understand that the scheme does not apply to all tenants as it is up to the landlord whether it takes part in the scheme and some properties may be excluded. The scheme does not provide any statutory right to purchase.

If your landlord operates the scheme, your eligibility may depend on:

Whether there are sufficient funds available to provide the discounts
You meeting the qualifying criteria for the scheme
The property you occupy being included in the scheme

Because funds are limited your landlord may restrict the number of application forms it sends to tenants. Your landlord should tell you whether funds are available and if a waiting list applies.

A guide to compulsory acquisition

What are compulsory purchase and statutory rights?

This is when the government, local council or utility company has the legal right to buy or take rights over your private property if it falls within a public or private construction project such as:

Airport expansions
Housing developments
Electricity pylons and cables
Flood defence works
Sewer, water or gas pipe schemes
Rail or road building projects

Different compulsory purchase or statutory powers are needed to implement the above schemes. For example, water pipes are laid under statutory rights under the Water Industry Act 1991 and a road bypass will have its own compulsory purchase order through the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

In all cases, the owners and occupiers of the properties to be acquired or affected by the scheme will be served Notices, with differing expiry times. All the schemes provide compensation to owners and occupiers directly affected by the scheme.

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Contact

Housing Regeneration

3rd Floor

Maritime House

1 Linton Road

Barking

IG11 8HG

Tel: 020 8227 5731

Fax: 020 8227 5326

Textphone: 020 8227 3034

Email: regeneration@lbbd.gov.uk|