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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023

"It will ultimately be for the Secretary of State to decide whether a compulsory purchase order can be approved and if the removal of hope value is appropriate."

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

North Lanarkshire Council is planning to pursue a compulsory purchase order on the property but said its door "remains open" to Mr Wisniewski for further talks.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2022

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