The authority appealed against an order requiring it to pay a sum in compensation on the purchase of land which was more than one hundred times its market value.
Held: Where the authority compulsorily acquired open land after declining a planning application for that land by the owner, it was to be valued on the basis that would have applied had permission been granted.
Judges:
Buxton, Thomas, Stanley Burnton LJJ
Citations:
[2009] JPL 116, [2008] RVR 294, [2009] 1 WLR 612, [2008] EWCA Civ 910
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Greenweb Ltd v London Borough of Wandsworth LT 17-Sep-2007
LT COMPENSATION – purchase notice – land in use as public open space – terrace of houses on land demolished during second world war – whether Third Schedule rights to be assumed – held they were – compensation . .
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Land, Damages
Updated: 18 July 2022; Ref: scu.271288
