Claim compensation if your property is affected by HS2
Express Purchase Scheme
You can sell your property to the government through the Express Purchase Scheme if either:
- your house or 25% of the total area of your property is inside the area marked 바카라 사이트˜surface safeguarding바카라 사이트™ on the 바카라 사이트˜safeguarding maps바카라 사이트™
- your property was in the safeguarding area (called the 바카라 사이트˜Extended Homeowner Protection Zone바카라 사이트™) but has since been removed - check with HS2 whether you qualify
You can still apply to sell your property with a 바카라 사이트˜blight notice바카라 사이트™ if you do not qualify for Express Purchase - but the government will only buy your property if it바카라 사이트™s needed for the construction of HS2.
Who can apply
You must be the owner occupier of a residential, agricultural or commercial property, or their 바카라 사이트˜personal representative바카라 사이트™ if they바카라 사이트™ve died, for example the executor of their will.
Mortgage lenders (for example banks and building societies) in vacant possession of a qualifying property can apply.
Your commercial property will not qualify for Express Purchase or under a blight notice if it has a rateable value of £36,000 or more (£44,200 inside Greater London).
An owner occupier must:
- be the freeholder or a leaseholder with at least 3 years left on the lease
- be living in or running a business from the property or have done so for at least 6 months in the last 18 months if the property바카라 사이트™s currently empty
You can get advice from a about your eligibility.
Read full guidance on eligibility.
What you바카라 사이트™ll get
If you qualify the government will:
- buy your property at its open market value as if HS2 was not going to be being built (known as 바카라 사이트˜unblighted바카라 사이트™ value)
- give you a 바카라 사이트˜home loss바카라 사이트™ payment equal to 10% of the property바카라 사이트™s open market value (up to £71,000)
- pay reasonable expenses, for example stamp duty, surveyors바카라 사이트™ and legal fees, and removal costs
Apply
You must complete the correct blight notice to apply for Express Purchase.
You must include original or certified copies of:
- proof of ownership, for example Land Registry title
- proof the property was occupied for 6 months of the last 18 months, for example utility bills covering at least 6 months
- business rates bills, if you바카라 사이트™re applying for a commercial property
- plans of the property, for example Land Registry plans showing the property boundaries
- proof of representation, if applicable, for example power of attorney
If you바카라 사이트™re sending a blight notice but do not qualify for Express Purchase, include a description of what you바카라 사이트™ve done to sell the property, for example copies of correspondence with estate agents.
Email your completed application to HS2 with your supporting documents.
HS2 compensation applications
blightnotice@hs2.org.uk
You can also send your notice and supporting evidence by registered post.
Secretary of State for Transport
c/o High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Land and Property Team
Two Snowhill
Birmingham
B4 6GA
What happens next
You바카라 사이트™ll get a decision on your application within 2 months.
You have up to 3 years to accept the offer if your application바카라 사이트™s accepted.
Track your application online
HS2 will send you a username and password to track your application after you apply.
You can then . You바카라 사이트™ll choose a new password after you sign in for the first time.
If you have not been sent a username and password, contact your HS2 case officer for help tracking your application.
Complaints
Follow HS2바카라 사이트™s complaints procedure if you want to complain about the service you received, for example about how long it took to reach a decision on your application or the result.