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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.

Event duration: 10 Virtual Seminars, 25 Hours in Total (2.5 hours CPD each seminar). Comfort breaks are included.
Registration from: 11.55. Event starts at: 12.00. Event finishes at: 14.30.

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 From

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: Land Cost Estimates, access for preparatory work, Blight notices & acquisitions - This Module is Available On-demand Here

Took Place: Monday 25 November 2024

  • Establishing the land take area
  • Access for Surveys
  • Property Cost Estimates
  • Blight
  • Negotiations

Module 4: Exercising Powers This Module is Available On-demand Here

Took Place: Monday 16 December 2024

  • The legal framework
  • Case studies
  • Taking possession in practice 

Module 5: Resolving CPO Disputes Through Mediation, ADR and the Courts - This Module is Available On-demand Here

Took Place: Monday 13 January 2025


  • Resolving compensation disputes through mediation, ADR and the courts
  • The key different methods of resolving disputes
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Understanding the roles of the Tribunal, the expert, the advocate and the litigator

Module 6: Assessment of Compensation Part 1 - Compensation Land Taken Rules 2 and 3 - This Module is Available On-demand Here

Took Place: Monday 3 February 2025


  • Overview of the Compensation Code 
  • Rule 2
  • Valuation
  • LURA and Hope Value         
  • Rule 3

Module 7: Assessment of Compensation Part 2 - Scheme Rules and Planning Assumptions

Monday 24 February 2025

The Basics

  • Introduction and summary of relevant legislation  
  • Planning Assumptions
    • The Scheme
    • Launch Date
    • Valuation Date  
  • What to consider
    • Lawful Development
    • Any Planning Permissions
    • AAD - whether there was a strong chance of securing planning consent at the Valuation Date having regard to the Development Plan and any other material considerations
    • Hope Value – a prospect of securing planning consent on or shortly after the Valuation Date

The Process

  • The two routes CAAD or AAD
    • Specific enough to inform the claim  
    • Level of detail needed
    • Tactics – when it is a CAAD?
  • CAAD Applications
    • Made to LPA
    • Positive or negative certificate
    • Providing ‘independent’ view of prospects 
    • Rights of Appeal
    • Appeal Process
    • CAAD Reform

Case studies

  • Examples of Claims
  • Key Takeaways

Case Law Update 


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