The owners in Hardman Street, Blackburn, have declined council offers to buy. Now town hall bosses will move to make compulsory purchase orders so the building of 151 new homes can go ahead as planned although the process can be long and costly. Blackburn with Darwen Council s Executive Board has been asked to authorise the move on Thursday night so phase two of the Griffin regeneration scheme can go ahead. Conservative group regeneration spokesman Cllr Paul Marrow said: If it needs to be done it needs to be done. But this is a last resort at a very late stage. This should have been sorted before now.