Does a government department compulsory purchase land/farms for the HS2 railway?

[Pilatus]

As above and if so do they pay above market value.
I only ask as a farm on the Cotswolds was supposedly bought by a farmer that had sold his farm that was on the route of the new HS2 railway. By the amount of money that has been spent on a new set of farm buildings they must have sold quite well.
Well done them
That said I can’t think any government dept would pay over market value.

 

[chaffcutter]

Friends of ours moved a couple of years ago, the hs2 line is going to take out the farmhouse, whole farmyard, very busy farm shop, major wedding venue with overnight cottages etc. Destroyed a major business totally, I hope the compensation was huge.

 

[Pilatus]

Friends of ours moved a couple of years ago, the hs2 line is going to take out the farmhouse, whole farmyard, very busy farm shop, major wedding venue with overnight cottages etc. Destroyed a major business totally, I hope the compensation was huge.

So do I , as perhaps a few generations work destroyed in the name of so say progress.

 

[serf]

Friends of ours moved a couple of years ago, the hs2 line is going to take out the farmhouse, whole farmyard, very busy farm shop, major wedding venue with overnight cottages etc. Destroyed a major business totally, I hope the compensation was huge.

Know the place your talking about , it's absolute sacrilege to see a place like that dissappear for such an unworthy poxy white elephant as HS2!

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Know the place your talking about , it's absolute sacrilege to see a place like that dissappear for such an unworthy poxy white elephant as HS2!

I agree. There was no point in building the London-Birmingham Railway when you could do it by coach in 24 hours and you could have your choice of frequent departures.

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[Tealo]

Know the place your talking about , it's absolute sacrilege to see a place like that dissappear for such an unworthy poxy white elephant as HS2!

If you've ever watched the hunger games this project has always made me laugh at its similarity.

What does London produce that can't be moved on the internet.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I have several customers along the route and they all say that during compulsory purchase they did not receive anything like full market value for their land. Some haven’t been paid yet despite having the land fenced off two years ago.
HS2 are also proving to be bad neighbours. Blocking ditches and drains, allowing huge amounts of rain to run off the site onto farmland and even private gardens.
The money wasted on this whole project is phenomenal. In fencing terms alone the cost is astronomical.
On a diverted footpath that originally was lined with trees and scrub, some twunt at HS2 decided it was necessary to have two lines of stock proof fencing on one side and two lines plus the adequate hedge on the other. Kissing gates are fitted at any opportunity despite the route not bordering any grass land and in many cases the footpath the gate leads to is closed anyway.
A customer of mine had a couple of acres of top soil stripped for no apparent reason and what HS2 replaced it with is just shite off the end of a crusher.
They’ve been building a traffic roundabout near me for nearly two years. It’s huge and at the junction is the original dual carriageway and a lane that takes bugger all.
It’s a massive waste of money and those most affected have been robbed while others are making a killing.

 

[Princess Pooper]

No, there is not normally any premium price for compulsory purchase. Very difficult to calculate for a diversified business too if the whole lot goes.

 

[db9go]

This is what people are having to deal with
https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2022/03/15/roadbridge-supply-chain-owed-millions-on-hs2/

 

[serf]

They are an absolute shower of sh!t !

 

[Forkdriver]

You must separate the contractors from the legal liabilities under the CPO. There are very simple rules for compensation, which are not necessarily fair to the affected party, but should reflect the losses. I still think that HS2 is a huge waste, but if I was still in the game, as an agent I would be fighting. If your friends are not getting market value they are being badly advised. Bear in mind that values are frozen at the time of notice, which is a huge disadvantage when land values are rising.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Setting a value that may be vaguely somewhere near the approximate value of the land on one date and then not paying for the land until 2-3 years later is a disgrace.

Plus, when landowners do eventually get their money, the competition to buy land locally to replace lost acres means the price is nowhere near what they have received.

 

[Forkdriver]

Setting a value that may be vaguely somewhere near the approximate value of the land on one date and then not paying for the land until 2-3 years later is a disgrace.

Plus, when landowners do eventually get their money, the competition to buy land locally to replace lost acres means the price is nowhere near what they have received.

This is what I was referring to. It happened with Rutland water, and many other occasions.