The Air Ministry had compulsorily purchased land for bombing practice before the war, promising to return it after the end of hostilities.

Houses in Plumstead were compulsorily purchased but the plans fell through.

In January 2009, the property was compulsorily purchased for Crossrail.

In 1882 the church site was compulsorily purchased by the Metropolitan Railway.

It was compulsorily purchased by the county council in 2003.

It was to have been compulsorily purchased to make way for the final stage of the inner ring road until that scheme was dropped.

In the late 1920s it was proposed that the land would be compulsorily purchased to make way for a new council housing scheme.

If the price falls below a specific margin, the meat from male cattle at least, must be compulsorily purchased by the European Union.

The houses were compulsorily purchased, but the plan never came to fruition.