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25th January 2022
Stephen Lashmar
Leaving the Station Hybrid Bill for Phase 2B Starts its Journey Through Parliament
Today sees the Hybrid Bill for the current proposed Western leg of Phase 2B of the
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22nd November 2021
Stephen Lashmar
The Integrated Rail Plan is Finally Published Clarity on High Speed 2?
With construction having commenced in respect to Phase 1 (London to Birmingham)…
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5th August 2021
Stephen Lashmar
What a 16 months!!
As we approached Freedom Day, the CPO team sat down to discuss how the pandemic had impacted the department and looked at some of the changes, challenges, and successes we have had.
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20th May 2021
Stephen Lashmar
Relocation & Compensation
Recently Roger Hannah was instructed to act for a Church organisation located within the Perry Barr area of Birmingham. The Church was impacted by the Perry Barr Commonwealth Games Athletes…
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12th February 2021
Stephen Lashmar
HS2 Phase 2a Receives Royal Assent
Yesterday saw the Parliamentary Bill to build the Phase 2a of the High Speed 2 route receiving Royal Assent, 12 months to the day that the Government gave the green light to the project in its…
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8th April 2020
Stephen Lashmar
Delivering Regeneration – does the scheme meet the well being test?
Selby Railway Station Redevelopment Proposals – Do They Meet The Well-being Test?
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11th February 2020
Stephen Lashmar
HS2 Finally Gets the Green Light
With the General Election, the leaking of the draft Oakervee Review at the end of 2019, the Deputy Chair Lord Berkeley’s comments and the new cost estimates it is fair to say that the HS2 project…
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6th January 2020
Stephen Lashmar
The Use of CPO’s
Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) are important tools for statutory bodies to deliver social and economic change. Here we…
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18th October 2018
Stephen Lashmar
HS2 PHASE 2B UPDATE – TWO KEY DOCUMENTS RELEASED FOR CONSULTATION
Last month HS2 announced that it was to delay the submission of the Hybrid Bill for Phase 2B of the route until 2020 so that it could work with the Northern Powerhouse Rail to enhance the East…
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