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Re:A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station by isostatic on Friday August 23, 2019 @04:13AM (#20775455)
£10k an acre, or £30k a heactare

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/pro...

Once close to a HS2 station yes it would be £5m a hectare

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Re:A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station by rbrtl on Friday August 23, 2019 @10:35AM (#20778048)
I had never heard of an Overage Provision before...

Nice to know we explicitly provide for land owners to extract rent even when they don't own the land any more.

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Re:A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station by LiamPa on Saturday August 24, 2019 @01:58AM (#20785520)
Sorry yes £25k for agricultural land but goes straight to the millions with planning permission.
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