Agency set to force through land purchase
Agency set to force through land purchase
- 2000
- Financial Times 30-31 December 2000, 4(1) .
The regional development agency for the south west is set to become the first such body to use its powers to forcibly buy property. Describes the agency's ambitious £100m plan to redevelop the deprived area of Cornwall around South Crofty, a tin mine that closed two years ago. Although South Crofty's owner has already agreed to sell the site to a company which plans to re-open the mines, the agency is using compulsory purchase orders to buy the site.
TIN MINING
SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Compulsory purchase
REDEVELOPMENT
The regional development agency for the south west is set to become the first such body to use its powers to forcibly buy property. Describes the agency's ambitious £100m plan to redevelop the deprived area of Cornwall around South Crofty, a tin mine that closed two years ago. Although South Crofty's owner has already agreed to sell the site to a company which plans to re-open the mines, the agency is using compulsory purchase orders to buy the site.
TIN MINING
SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Compulsory purchase
REDEVELOPMENT