How can you compulsory purchase land to build a gypsy site having previously refused the landowner planning permission on Green Belt / inappropriate development grounds?
The council could only compulsory purchase land when a site is identified in its Development Plan for development and the landowner refuses to release the land by negotiation. In allocating sites for development it is Q32 contd this council’s policy to ensure that the site will be made available and it will only allocate sites when it is confident that the landowner supports the allocation of the site for the proposed development.
