Farmer Who Does Not Want to Be Expropriated for a Forest Next to a Golf Course in Knokke-Heist, Wins the Court's Ruling

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Farmer Ronny Van Belleghem from Knokke-Heist is proven right by the appeal court in his legal battle against the municipality. Knokke-Heist wanted to expropriate 2 hectares of his land to create an urban forest next to the place where a golf course with hotel is allowed to be built. But the farmer does not want to sell and went to court. The appeal court states that the expropriation is "illegal" because "the need for expropriation is insufficie…