[2025] UKUT 241 (LC)

Case No: LC-2023-628

IN THE MATTER OF A NOTICE OF REFERENCE

Royal Courts of Justice,

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

28 July 2025

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

COMPENSATION - COMPULSORY PURCHASE – 0.33 acre site, of which 0.12 acres acquired – cancelled scheme world – appropriate alternative development - ‘before and after’ valuation approach accepted – compensation based on overall loss of value awarded at £1.51 million

BETWEEN:

NOFAX STATION ROAD LIMITED

Claimant

-and-

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET

Acquiring Authority

Address: Land at 1-11 Station Road,

West Hendon

Barnet

Peter McCrea OBE FRICS FCIArb

Hearing dates: 24, 25 and 28 April 2025

Guy Williams KC, instructed by Asserson, for the claimant

Rebecca Clutten, instructed by Pinsent Masons LLP, for the Acquiring Authority

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The following cases are referred to in this decision:

Secretary of State for Transport v Curzon Park Ltd and others [2023] UKSC 30

Transport for London v Spirerose Ltd [2009] RVR 225

Castlefield Property Limited v National Highways [2023] UKUT 217 (LC)

Lady Fox’s Executors v Commissioners of Inland Revenue [1994] 2 EGLR 185

Railtrack v Guinness Limited [2003] EWCA Civ 188

Ryde International plc v London Regional Transport [2004] EWCA Civ 232

Ramac Holdings Limited v Kent County Council [2014] UKUT 109

Penny v Penny (1868) LR 5 Eq 227

Fraser v Fraserville [1917] AC 187

Urban Edge Group Ltd v London Underground Ltd [2009] UKUT 103 (LC)

Pro Investments v Hounslow LBC [2019] UKUT 319 (LC)

Pro Investments v Hounslow LBC [2021] UKUT 0201 (LC)

Bashir v LB Newham [2024] UKUT 146 (LC)