Upskilling: The Compulsory Purchase Professional Development Programme
Equipping professionals with essential knowledge and skills in the compulsory purchase sector.
CPT Events have created a series of 10 training modules, comprising lectures and group discussions, which, when combined, form a route to competency in compulsory purchase law and practice for practitioners and professional advisors. The programme is comprehensive, designed to upskill knowledge in CPO law and practice, offering distance learning for those with limited knowledge of, and involvement in, compulsory purchase work. Completing the programme is an easy benefit for employers and a valuable win for employees.
| Start Date | Venue | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October 2024 | Upskilling Module 1: Securing the Powers | ||
| 4 November 2024 | Upskilling Module 2: A Deep Dive into CPOs DCOs and T&WOs | ||
| 25 November 2024 | Upskilling Module 3: Blight, Preliminary Access and Referencing | £135 | BOOK |
| 16 December 2024 | Upskilling Module 4: Exercising Powers | £135 | BOOK |
| 13 January 2025 | Upskilling Module 5: Resolving CPO Disputes through Mediation, ADR and the Courts | £135 | BOOK |
| 3 February 2025 | Upskilling Module 6: Assessment of Compensation Part 1 | £135 | BOOK |
| 24 February 2025 | Upskilling Module 7: Assessment of Compensation Part 2 | £135 | BOOK |
| 17 March 2025 | Upskilling Module 8: Assessment of Compensation Part 3 | £135 | BOOK |
| 31 March 2025 | Upskilling Module 9: Assessment of Compensation Part 4 | £135 | BOOK |
| 28 April 2025 | Upskilling Module 10: Assessment of Compensation Part 5 | £135 | BOOK |
Note: All prices are to be paid in GBP and are subject to VAT at the prevailing rate
If you wish to still participate in the full series. Please contact the office and to get further information and best price.
All modules that have taken place are listed below in the programme section with on-demand links.
The Mechanics of the Programme:
- 10 virtual modules across 7 months – approximately one session every 3 weeks; held on Mondays starting at 12.00 for 2.5hrs. Sessions will provide additional reading and self-assessments will be offered that can be used to demonstrate acquired knowledge to line managers. In addition organisational systems can be discussed in these 1-2-1 environments. Participants are urged to attend live and actively participate; sessions will be available on demand should work and other commitments arise.
- All sessions work towards an 11th in-person module/workshop comprising case studies and group discussions, led by some of the tutors, followed by a networking session. This workshop will give attendees the opportunity to demonstrate their new skills and further build relationships with peers.
- There is no formal assessment of what is learnt, in a similar way to the provision of CPD events. Candidates should be motivated towards self-learning. Employers and line managers will be the ultimate assessors of the new skills they have achieved. The true value is in the attendee acquiring the knowledge and understanding, becoming more valuable and more dependable to line managers. The reward will manifest in the attendee’s career.
Speakers Confirmed So Far - More to Follow...
- Barry Denyer-Green Hon RICS LLM PhD, Barrister, Falcon Chambers
- Henry Church MRICS, Senior Director, CBRE
- Dougie Bowers, Head of CPO guidance, Valuation Office Agency
- Emma McDonald, Associate, Town Legal LLP
- John Sayer, Head of Regeneration, Ardent; Chair of The CPA
- Caroline Stares, Senior Associate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
- John Webster, Partner, DWF LLP
- Dan Kolinsky KC, Barrister, Landmark Chambers
- Nikita Sellers, Senior Associate, Town Legal LLP
- Caroline Daly, Barrister, Francis Taylor Building
- Camilla Chorfi, Barrister, Falcon Chambers
- Rob Quaile, Director of Regeneration – Compensation, Ardent
- Isabella Buono, Barrister, Landmark Chambers
- Lucy Thomas, Partner, Pinsent Masons
- Sean Bashforth, Senior Director, Quod
- Richard Guyatt, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
- Alasdair Lowe MRICS, Director of Valuation, Certus Property
- Malcolm Newman MRICS, Director, Gateley Hamer Ltd
- Jessica Bere Bsc (Hons) MRICS FAAV, Principal Surveyor, Gateley Hamer
- Tom Aslin, Partner, Kingston Smith LLP
- Sarah Fitzpatrick, Head of Planning, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
- Debbie Reynolds, Legal Director, TLT LLP
- Connor James, Senior Surveyor, Ardent
- Tony Chase FRICS, Consultant, Gerald Eve LLP
- Daisy Noble, Barrister, Vice Chair of the CPA, Francis Taylor Building
- Daniel Cook, Senior Project Manager, TerraQuest
- David Asker, Authorised High Court Enforcement Officer, High Court Enforcement Group Ltd
Programme
Module 1: Securing the Powers - This Module is Available On-demand Here
Took Place: Monday 21 October 2024
- Need for and sources of compulsory purchase powers
Module 2: A Deep Dive into CPOs DCOs and T&WOs - This Module is Available On-demand Here
Took Place: Monday 4 November 2024- Promoting a CPO
- Transport and Works Act 1992 Order
- DCOs (and how compulsory purchase powers fit in with this)
Module 3: Blight, Preliminary Access and Referencing
Monday 25 November 2024
Establishing the land take area
- Importance of land referencing & having a dedicated team doing the work
- Land referencing underpins the project and interacts with planning the scheme
- The Book of Reference
- The scope of the work - land owners, rights of access, 3rd party access
- Why do you need the land, how do you treat it?
- What comes first design or land take?
- Adaptability
- The interaction between referencing and planning – identifying red line areas and then what that means for the CPO area
- Feeding into the order map and how certain properties can impact and change the scheme
- What land and rights
- Difference between acquisition and rights
- Permanent and temporary land required and the change of rights
- Clarity about what land is needed and its intended use
- The importance of construction and storage areas
- Crane and air rights
- Subsoil and interaction with stopping up in highways CPOs which might necessitate CPO where one wouldn’t otherwise be needed
- Minerals (and the mining code)
- Dealing with severance issues
- Special land considerations
- Red line boundaries
- Dealing with Crown land, and statutory undertaker land
- Exchange land and Biodiversity net gain land
Access for Surveys
- Importance of engagement and negotiations
- Use of licences, best practice to pay
- Brief look at statutory powers of entry under s172, Housing and Planning Act
- Warrant of entry proceedings in the Magistrates’ Court
- Requirement to make good damage caused
- RAG matrix and its value
Property Cost Estimates
- What goes into a PCE? All are PCEs the same?
- How valuable is the PCE?
- The interaction between the PCE and the land take
- Amendment to the land due to financial high risk areas found in the PCE
- Should PCEs account for Part 1 claims and the potential for blight?
Blight
- Brief look at generalised blight v statutory blight
Negotiations
- Importance of negotiation
- Approach to negotiations - the unique nature of dealing with an unwilling seller and an all power purchaser
- Problems of statutory undertaker land and Crown land, mistaken use of “without prejudice”
- AA picking up negotiation costs (either through settlement agreement, compensation or Tribunal routes), early access licenses
- The benefit of early agreement of cost agreements
- Dealing with legal costs associated with negotiation
Module 4: Exercising Powers
Monday 16 December 2024
- Notices to treat, GVDs and taking possession
Module 5: Resolving CPO Disputes Through the Courts
Monday 13 January 2025
- Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) references and limitation periods
Module 6: Assessment of Compensation Part 1
Monday 3 February 2025
- Compensation: general overview and rules 2 and 3 where land is acquired
Module 7: Assessment of Compensation Part 2
Monday 24 February 2025
- Scheme rules and planning assumptions
Module 8: Assessment of Compensation Part 3
Monday 17 March 2025
- Severance and injurious affection. Rules 4 and 5
Module 9: Assessment of Compensation Part 4
Monday 31 March 2025
- Disturbance and additional payments
Module 10: Assessment of Compensation Part 5
Monday 28 April 2025
- Compensation where no land acquired