Part 9: Compulsory Purchase Procedure Section 183: Conditional confirmation Background
This section inserts a new provision (section 13BA) into the 1981 Act and makes consequential amendments to section 15 of that Act. It also introduces Schedule 18 which makes consequential amendments in connection with this section and with paragraph 3 of Schedule 19 (which makes similar provisions in respect of CPOs made by Ministers).
	At present confirming authorities have the power to reject a CPO or confirm it with or without modifications or to confirm the CPO in stages.
	The new provision gives confirming authorities an additional option of confirming a CPO subject to conditions before the powers under it can be exercised. The aim of the measure is to increase the certainty of land assembly through compulsory purchase generally and shorten the delivery of a scheme by encouraging acquiring authorities to make a CPO earlier in the delivery process alongside other consenting and funding processes. Acquiring authorities often make their CPO only after other impediments to the delivery of project have been overcome, delaying the overall delivery of a scheme.