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BBC News
4 days ago
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More houses could be compulsorily purchased in Wolverhampton
Two more empty houses could be compulsorily purchased by City of Wolverhampton Council, as part of its scheme to turn long-term unoccupied properties into family homes. The homes on Warstones Drive and Hadley Road have been vacant for a number of years, and the authority's cabinet is being asked to approve the potential purchases at a meeting on March, the authority said it had taken over more than 300 homes over five years to be sold or rented, many of which had been empty for many council buys the properties and refurbishes them, before selling them on and putting the money back into the scheme. Both of the latest properties are semi-detached, with the one on Hadley Road being empty since August 2018 and the house on Warstones Drive vacant since January considering compulsory purchase, housing improvement officers work with owners to encourage them to carry out any required work and get them occupied again, the council the strategy, the authority stated it wanted to prevent properties becoming "a blight on their neighbourhood" and make them available to be sold or rented. Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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First UK residents to face compulsory purchase of homes for solar farm
Residents in three 'Domesday villages' fear their homes will be the first in Britain to be compulsorily purchased to make way for the country's biggest-ever solar farm. Dozens of villagers living in Hempnall, Saxlingham and Tasburgh in Norfolk have received letters from a developer saying their homes 'may be required' to create space for East Pye Solar Project. The development will cover a massive 2,500 acres - the equivalent of 1,762 football pitches or the size of Chichester in West Sussex - and is 10 times bigger than the UK's current largest in Flintshire, Wales.
BBC News
14-05-2025
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- BBC News
Blackpool: Compulsory purchase a 'last resort' in housing plan
Compulsory purchase powers will be used "as a last resort" in an efforts to tackle poor housing, Blackpool Council has leader, councillor Lynn Williams, said better housing has been an "obsession" of the council's for years and this move would be an important step in being able to achieve has serious issues with an oversupply of poor quality single-person accommodation, a limited choice of family housing in the some areas, and a shortage of good-quality affordable housing across the authority wants to transform its inner area into a thriving, sustainable community with safe, high-quality housing and enhanced life opportunities. Modern homes This week its executive has been asked to reaffirm its commitment to tackling poor housing and would include an agreement in principal to consider the use of compulsory purchase powers to secure land for redevelopment if reasonable efforts to buy land and property by agreement are unsuccessful, the Local Democracy Reporting Service £90m of investment was secured in March 2024 from Homes England through the Brownfield Infrastructure Land Fund, after years of discussion around Blackpool's housing challenges. That money will finance land acquisition, demolition of housing, and the redevelopment of modern, energy-efficient said: "Better housing has been an obsession of ours for years and that will not change."I understand that this is a very unsettling and difficult time for some people and we will do all we can to support residents directly affected. "The regeneration of this area is critical, it will not only provide better homes and more green spaces, but it will also tackle social challenges like unemployment, health inequality and housing instability." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
