Asked by: Lord Roborough (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many times local authorities have used compulsory purchase order powers in the most recent year for which data are available.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The government did not use its compulsory purchase order (CPO) powers in 2024.
The Department does not collect data on the number of times CPO powers have been used by local authorities and other bodies to compulsory acquire land. The following data on the number of CPOs made by such bodies which were confirmed in 2024.
Type of acquiring authority | Number of CPOs confirmed in 2024 |
Local authority | 54 |
Other | 7 |
Asked by: Lord Roborough (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many times compulsory purchase order powers have been used by all permitted bodies in the most recent year data are available.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The government did not use its compulsory purchase order (CPO) powers in 2024.
The Department does not collect data on the number of times CPO powers have been used by local authorities and other bodies to compulsory acquire land. The following data on the number of CPOs made by such bodies which were confirmed in 2024.
Type of acquiring authority | Number of CPOs confirmed in 2024 |
Local authority | 54 |
Other | 7 |
Asked by: Lord Roborough (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many times they have used compulsory purchase order powers in the most recent year for which data are available.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The government did not use its compulsory purchase order (CPO) powers in 2024.
The Department does not collect data on the number of times CPO powers have been used by local authorities and other bodies to compulsory acquire land. The following data on the number of CPOs made by such bodies which were confirmed in 2024.
Type of acquiring authority | Number of CPOs confirmed in 2024 |
Local authority | 54 |
Other | 7 |
Asked by: Lord Roborough (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value of the Nature Restoration Fund balance sheet by 2029.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Nature Restoration Fund will collect levy payments from developers seeking to discharge relevant environmental obligations through an Environmental Delivery Plan (EDP). The EDP will spend those funds on conservation measures deployed by Natural England to outweigh the negative effects of development. The fund is not intended to accrue value, as it is intended that levy receipts will be rapidly deployed into the delivery of conservation measures to deliver environmental benefit.
Asked by: Lord Roborough (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government for how many acres of ‘best and most versatile agricultural land’ (grades 1, 2 and 3A) consent has been granted for solar energy generation as nationally significant infrastructure projects since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Since 04 July 2024, 6 solar farms have been approved which are located either mostly or entirely on grade 1-3 agricultural land (not distinguishing between 3a and 3b type). Together, these projects have a total area size of 11,671 acres within their Development Consent Order (DCO) limits. Just over half of this will be used for the solar farm development and the remaining land within the projects’ DCO limits will be used for purposes such as environmental mitigations.