Slides presented at the RICS National Rural Conference, Royal Agricultural University Cirencester on 20 June 2018 The survey remains open for further responses at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7KDRHRJ

1. Compulsory Purchase and Utilities
Survey
Initial Results
CHARLES COWAP
RICS NATIONAL RURAL
CONFERENCE
CIRENCESTER
20 June 2018

2. Background
• Much dissatisfaction with
compulsory purchase and utility
claims
• Evidence? Largely anecdotal
• Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber
• Not seen by UT as a
problem
• Few references
• Simplified and written
procedures available

3. Upper Tribunal: what do we know?
• 1 January 2016 – 1 May 2018: 16 awards on compulsory purchase
• Of these
Topic Number
Places of worship enfranchisement 2
Director remuneration 1
Application to strike out claim 1
Dispute over planning permission 1
Financial Awards included Number/Value
Financial awards 12
Minimum award £2,500
Highest award £1.5 million
Average award £275,175

4. A survey!
INITIAL FINDINGS FROM FIRST 40 RESPONSES
Please do your bit!

5. Who do respondents act for?

6. What promoters are we dealing with?

7. Statutory authority

8. Where?

9. Which stages?

10. Which elements of claim

11. Value:
• Total value where value given:
c. £56 million
• Average per value given
c. £1.6 million
• Range minimum
£5,000
• Range maximum
£20 million +

12. Code of Practice issued?

13. Timescale
for payment
from
agreement

14. How did we rate each other?

15. Claimant satisfaction with process and payment

16. Comparison
with other
claims?

17. The good the bad
and the ugly

18. We can do better!

19. Please please keep them
coming …..

20. Contact Details
In-house CPD programmes, professional-technical updates, organisational
consultancy, and more:
 cdcowap@gmail.com
 07947 706505
Twitter: @charlescowap
Blog: http://charlescowap.wordpress.com/
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