IBF Site - Sevington

“Concerning the compensation question if any residents need to ,or were planning to move within the 5 year period I think it would be worth asking if there is a compensation or buy in arrangement . Because the Government planning application is temporary - 5 years this should put it in a different category - of temporary national infrastructure . It would be worth getting a legal view on this through ABC i.e exploring this with Paul Bartlett. The point is that it is different from a normal construction period - which causes disruption and then things still down and the blight and disruption goes away . In this case the sale of a property could be disrupted for longer into the successor use of the site . I am sure there will be push back , but worth pursuing to help anyone who could be in a distressed sale situation. A number of the houses in Sevington will already have been through a change of ownership as a result of the HS1 construction . That will be taken into account . We had quite a lot of HS1 experience in my parish - Westwell ; 12 properties were acquired temporarily by Union Rail and one was demolished , the others resold . You will know the details in your area.”