[2025] UKUT 241 (LC)

This is a claim for compensation by Nofax Station Road Limited (‘the claimant’) following the compulsory purchase of part of its land at 1-11 Station Road, West Hendon, Barnet under the London Borough of Barnet (West Hendon Major Works) Compulsory Purchase Order (No.2A) 2016.

The London Borough of Barnet (‘the acquiring authority’) acquired the Reference Land pursuant to a general vesting declaration to facilitate part of the highways element of the redevelopment of the West Hendon estate. The date of vesting, and therefore the valuation date, was 1 November 2019.

At the hearing of the reference, the claimant was represented by Mr Guy Williams KC, and the acquiring authority by Ms Rebecca Clutten (assisted by her pupil, Mr Jeffrey Chu). Expert evidence on planning matters was given by Mr Dominic Dear MRTPI for the claimant and Mr Nicholas Alston MRTPI for the acquiring authority, and on valuation issues by Dr Anthony Lee MRTPI MRICS for the claimant and by Mr Charles Trustram-Eve MRICS for the acquiring authority. I am grateful to them all.