Homelands Farm developers Comparo Limited and Welbeck Strategic Land, which is behind the Cleevelands scheme, appealed after Tewkesbury Borough Council failed to determine the applications within the required time.

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Mr Connor said it was "a complicated case with a complicated financial background", and so the confiscation order would not be completed within the six-month time-frame required by legislation.

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The required written notice must be given to the worker within a reasonable time after entering into a contract.

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