Part 9: Compulsory Purchase Compensation Section 188: ‘No-scheme’ principle: minor amendments Background
For the purposes of assessing the compensation for an interest in land that is acquired by compulsion, the effect on the value of that land arising from ‘the scheme’ which is the subject of the CPO, is disregarded.
	Section 6D of the Land Compensation Act 1961 ("the 1961 Act") sets out the meaning of ‘the scheme’ for these purposes. In particular, it provides that where land is acquired for regeneration or redevelopment which is facilitated or made possible by a relevant transport project, the scheme includes the relevant transport project. Relevant transport project is defined in section 6E of the 1961 Act.
	This section amends sections 6D and 6E of the 1961 Act to ensure that the definition of ‘the scheme’ also includes re-development, regeneration and improvement.
	This section will ensure that where greenfield land is acquired for development which is made possible by a relevant transport project, then that scheme will include the relevant transport project. It further aligns the acquisition of such land to other compulsory purchase powers such as those of a local authority under section 226 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.