Sections 11 and 12 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 stipulates that the acquiring authority must publicise the proposed CPO as follows:
- publication of a notice for two successive weeks in one or more local newspapers
- notices on or near the land affected
- individual notices to any qualifying person
A qualified person includes every owner, leaseholder, tenant and occupier of any land in the CPO, and any other person who may have the right to claim compensation, because they own rights in the land being acquired and these will be interfered with, or the value of their land will or may be reduced even if their land will not be acquired.
The notices are very similar, and each must:
- state that a CPO is about to be sent to a government minister for confirmation
- specify a time of at least 21 days within which objections to the CPO can be made
- specify the manner in which objections may be made
- say where the CPO and map may be inspected
