Compulsory purchase order newspaper notices
Keep the order stage, deposited documents, notices, objection dates and publication evidence under one matter. Gazetted checks the route before artwork, quotation or payment.
Guided specialist route
Start a guided CPO publicity draft
Enter the facts or upload your existing notice. The draft appears in Applications and its source stays in Documents while Gazetted confirms the statutory route before artwork, quote, publication booking or payment.
- Tailored checklist and next task
- Source documents kept with the matter
- Route review before publication-ready artwork
Starting a draft does not place a notice or take payment.
The compulsory-purchase workflow
Keep the CPO facts together while the statutory route is checked.
Every current CPO option is save-draft-only. Keep the source details together and pause for assisted current-law review before artwork, a quote, an application record or payment.
How this service works
What Gazetted helps you do from source document to organised record
Build or upload
Enter or extract the acquiring authority, order subtype, land, objection address, dates and inspection arrangements.
Record route and cadence
Gazetted flags missing draft details, but does not generate publication artwork; website, confirmer and post-certificate facts still need route-specific review.
Request assisted review
Save the draft and contact Gazetted. No CPO subtype currently proceeds to an automatic newspaper quote, publication booking or payment.
Keep the source record
Keep the draft in Applications and the legal orders and plans in Documents while the current route and next statutory tasks are confirmed.
Gazetted prompts for the details this workflow needs and flags missing required fields. You remain responsible for the application, the selected publication route and any legal or professional review.
Exact portal example — live tasks adapt to the subtype and route.
The legal requirement
Statutory requirement (ALA 1981 s.11(1)): The acquiring authority must publish notice of the compulsory purchase order in a local newspaper circulating in the area of the land in two successive weeks (s.11(1)(a)).
The authority must also publish a notice on its own website for at least 21 days, ending on the day specified for objections (s.11(1)(b)).
Section 15 of the same Act applies to notices of confirmation. The notice must describe the land, state the effect of the order, specify the period for objections, and indicate where the order and map may be inspected.
Side Roads Orders under the Highways Act 1980 follow a separate Schedule 1 procedure: at least one local-newspaper notice and a London Gazette notice.
Failure to comply with the publication requirements can render the CPO vulnerable to legal challenge, making correct and timely advertisement essential.
Key points
- Making stage (s.11): two successive weeks in a local newspaper (ALA 1981 s.11(1)(a)) plus 21+ days on the authority's website (s.11(1)(b))
- Confirmation stage (s.15): single newspaper insertion only — one week, not two
- Side Roads Orders: local newspaper plus London Gazette publication (HA 1980 Schedule 1 paras 1-2)
- s.19 special-land certificate: single insertion only (ALA 1981 s.19 — open-space / special land)
- CPO stages are recorded for specialist review before any newspaper or Gazette publication route is accepted
- Minimum 21-day objection period after notice of making (ALA 1981 s.11(1)(b))
- Publication certificate provides evidence of compliance
CPO publicity stages at a glance
Select the closest stage to organise the draft and source documents. Every CPO route remains specialist-review-only before artwork, quotation, publication booking or payment.
- Notice of Making
Published at the making stage when the acquiring authority first makes the CPO. Two successive weeks in a local newspaper (plus 21 + days on the authority's website).
Statute: Acquisition of Land Act 1981 s.11
- Notice of Confirmation
Published once the Secretary of State (or the acquiring authority itself if unopposed) confirms the order. Single insertion — one week, not two.
Statute: Acquisition of Land Act 1981 s.15
- Side Roads Order
Made alongside a trunk-road or special-road CPO to deal with the improvement, stopping-up or diversion of side roads affected by the scheme. Local newspaper plus London Gazette publication is required under HA 1980 Schedule 1 paragraphs 1 and 2. Automated checkout is paused for this sub-type until Gazette filing is supported.
Statute: Highways Act 1980 s.14 + Schedule 1
- s.19 Special-Land Certificate
Certificate issued by the Secretary of State authorising acquisition of open-space or other special land where a CPO would not ordinarily be confirmed. Single insertion (not two successive weeks — s.19 is distinct from s.11).
Statute: Acquisition of Land Act 1981 s.19
- Planning Purposes — Notice of Making
CPO made under the local-authority planning-purposes power (e.g. for regeneration or development). The making notice is publicised under ALA 1981 s.11. Two successive weeks in a local newspaper.
Statute: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 s.226 + ALA 1981 s.11
- Planning Purposes — Notice of Confirmation
Confirmation notice for a planning-purposes CPO once the Secretary of State has confirmed the order. Single insertion — publicised under ALA 1981 s.15 (same single-week cadence as a standard confirmation notice).
Statute: TCPA 1990 s.226 + ALA 1981 s.15
What you receive
Everything you need to demonstrate compliance, delivered to your portal.
Proof PDF
A typeset proof of your notice for approval before publication.
Publication certificate
Confirming publication date, newspaper name, and notice content.
VAT invoice
Available in your portal immediately after payment.
Guided route
Start the record without payment. Gazetted confirms the statutory stage and required publication legs before quoting.
No booking or payment during specialist review
Frequently asked questions
Ready to organise the CPO publicity record?
Start from the order details or upload the source documents. The route is checked before publication.
Guided specialist route
Start a guided CPO publicity draft
Enter the facts or upload your existing notice. The draft appears in Applications and its source stays in Documents while Gazetted confirms the statutory route before artwork, quote, publication booking or payment.
- Tailored checklist and next task
- Source documents kept with the matter
- Route review before publication-ready artwork
Starting a draft does not place a notice or take payment.