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Planning weekly highlights—21 March 2019

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Published on: 21 March 2019

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Table of contents

Compulsory purchase
Legal landscape: Land CPOs—a fair price to pay?
Planning appeals
Planning Inspectorate opens pilot scheme for inquiries
Planning policy
Government launches digital tool to match developers to development sites
Planning issues in fracking
Fracking (Seismic Activity) Bill
Planning enforcement
Court of Appeal issues guidance on prosecution for breach of enforcement notice

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Article summary

This week’s Planning highlights include: analysis of how the compulsory purchase system delivers fair outcomes, the launch of a pilot to have planning appeal inquiries take place earlier, publication of a new online tool to match developers to development opportunities, introduction of the Fracking (Seismic Activity) Bill, analysis of a Court of Appeal judgment on prosecution for breaches of enforcement notices, announcements of new funding to unlock housing near London transport links and the approval of the Millbrook gas fired generating station.

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