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Cheshire Lounge and ‘Injurious Affection’ – Where’s the Affection?
by Mark Warnett, Director of Compensation Photo Credit: Stott Hall Farm cc-by-sa/2.0 – © Peter McDermott – geograph.org.uk/p/4111151 Injurious affection is an enigmatic head of claim, providing compensation for diminution in the value of a claimant’s retained property following compulsory purchase. The statutory provisions derive originally from the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act of 1845, and…
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Mind the Gap! Understanding DCO implementation
You’ve survived the rigors of a Development Consent Order (DCO) examination and, hopefully, 6 months later you have a letter from the appropriate Secretary of State (SoS) that your DCO has been granted. Great stuff, fantastic, it’s been worth all those long hours slogging over a laptop and discussing mitigations, land, and the exact mean…