Conservative Party Conference: Gov should not have 'interfering' CPO powers to dictate land worth to farmers

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has questioned the role of Compulsory Purchase Orders in reforms of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, and how it could lead to land being bought for less than what it is worth to 'speed up' the planning process

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Shadow Farming Minister Robbie Moore said: "We should not have a state telling a landowner what their land is worth and telling them what to do with it."
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Shadow Farming Minister Robbie Moore said: "We should not have a state telling a landowner what their land is worth and telling them what to do with it."

Government has 'no right' to dictate to farmers how much their land is worth and what they should be doing with it, according to the Shadow Farming Minister. Robbie Moore, MP for Keighley and Ilkley,...

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