CA 14 November 1991. An area of 2375ha of derelict land was designated as an urban development area in April 1987 and the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation was created which became the local planning authority for the area. Within that area there was strip of 12ha which contained a building owned by P. The TWDC saw potential for development of this area and awarded planning permission for a scheme. TWDC issued a compulsory purchase order under Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980. An inquiry was held at which TWDC stated that that land would be used for highway improvement. The order was confirmed. P applied under Acquisition of Land Act 1981 s23 to quash that part of the order affecting their building on the grounds that the order was confirmed for a purpose different to that for which it was made. The council appealed but this was dismissed on the grounds that a compulsory purchase order which had been made for one purpose could not lawfully be confirmed for another purp