compulsory purchase

British  

noun

1. purchase of a house or other property by a local authority or government department for public use or to make way for development, regardless of whether or not the owner wishes to sell

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compulsory purchase

But last year, the Local Government Association said councils had highlighted that compulsory purchase orders require "considerable resources to be of any significant use in facilitating town centre regeneration".

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

South Gloucestershire Council cabinet also approved the use of compulsory purchase orders to secure the necessary land, which had a variety of owners and could not be acquired through negotiation.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023

After being denied a compulsory purchase order, the 59-year-old said he had "lost everything".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023

Comprised of farmers, landowners and others with an interest in the County Tyrone area, the group was launched in 2009 to oppose the compulsory purchase of land to construct the road.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2023

The poor, frightened country-people, therefore, hardly ventured to remonstrate at the mahouts walking off with great loads of their sugar-cane, or to object to the compulsory purchase of their farm produce for half its value.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh