Compensation when a road affects your property's value

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Who can claim

The value of your property must have gone down by more than 拢50 as the result of specific types of pollution or disturbance from the use of a new or altered road.

What you can claim for

You can only make a Part I claim because of:

  • noise
  • vibration
  • smell
  • fumes
  • smoke
  • artificial lighting
  • solid or liquid discharge on to your property

What you can바카라 사이트檛 claim for

You can바카라 사이트檛 make a Part I claim for:

  • other problems caused by a road, such as losing your view, natural light or privacy (sometimes called 바카라 사이트榖light바카라 사이트�)
  • problems coming from another part of the road - your claim must be for the part of the road that바카라 사이트檚 new or altered
  • a road that바카라 사이트檚 only been resurfaced

Types of property you can claim for

You can usually only claim for property you own and occupy.

You must own the property both:

  • before the road opened to traffic
  • when you make your claim

You must also be able to prove you own 1 of the following:

You can바카라 사이트檛 claim for property that was part of a 바카라 사이트榗ompulsory purchase바카라 사이트� for the construction of the road.

Homes

You must be living in the property when you make your claim, unless you can바카라 사이트檛 because:

  • you let it to tenants
  • there바카라 사이트檚 another legal reason preventing you, for example a court order

Agricultural land

You must occupy the property both:

  • before the road opened to traffic
  • when you make your claim

Business premises

You must occupy the whole property, or a substantial part of it, both:

  • before the road opened to traffic
  • when you make your claim

Your property바카라 사이트檚 rateable value must be below 拢34,800.

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Other requirements

Read Highways England바카라 사이트檚 guide to Part I claims to check if you need to meet other requirements.

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