Compulsory Purchase & Compensation

Cruso & Wilkin assist farmers, tenants and landowners whose land is affected by utilities, telecoms and other acquiring authorities, helping them through the entire compulsory purchase process from start to finish. We have been involved with a wide range of compensation issues, from the capitalisation of electricity pylons and wires to negotiations with a windfarm company laying new cables across client’s land.

Compulsory Purchase

Cruso & Wilkin assist farmers, tenants and landowners whose land is affected by utilities, telecoms and other acquiring authorities, helping them through the entire compulsory purchase process from start to finish. We have been involved with a wide range of compensation issues, from the capitalisation of electricity pylons and wires to negotiations with a windfarm company laying new cables across client’s land.

Areas of expertise include:

  • Early Access Agreements
  • Hardship and Pre-Scheme Consultation
  • Notice Process and Representation
  • Accommodation Works
  • Overseeing Construction Phase
  • Liaising with Engineers and Agents
  • Legal Documentation of Finished Scheme
  • Disturbance Compensation
  • Severance and Injurious Affection
  • Blight and Home Loss
  • Reinstatement

 

Schemes and Authorities where Cruso & Wilkin have represented Clients include:

  • Dudgeon Off Shore Wind
  • Hornsea Project 3
  • Norfolk Vanguard
  • Lark Energy 
  • Lightsource
  • Dong Energy
  • Centrica
  • National Grid Gas
  • National Grid Overhead Powerlines
  • Anglian Water Authority