Nicholls v Highways Agency: LT 31 Dec 1997

LT COMPENSATION – simplified procedure – compulsory acquisition of grassland with hardstanding and shed – whether undertaking given at CPO inquiry that compensation would be assessed on cost of reinstatement – whether compensation to be assessed under r(5) of s 5 Land Compensation Act 1961 – whether compensation for reinstatement can be claimed as disturbance – alternative assessments of compensation agreed – compensation of andpound;3,500 awarded for the value of the land with the hardstanding and shed under r(2) of s 5 of 1961 Act – Land Compensation Act 1961, s 5 rules (2) and (5); Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, s 7 – sealed offer in excess of award – costs of hearing awarded to Authority.

Citations:

ACQ/141/1997

Links:

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Statutes:

Land Compensation Act 1973 37

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedHughes v Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council HL 1991
A claimant’s claim for compensation on the compulsory acquisition of his land is but one claim for all those losses which flow from a compulsory acquisition of which the value of the land taken and any injury to retained land is but part of the . .
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Updated: 12 April 2022; Ref: scu.168578