ACQ/96/2001, 23 February 2004. Claimant S sought compensation for the acquisition by council B of 0.33 ha open land in Bath. The valuation date was 28 January 2004. S contended that the amount of compensation payable was £750 000 on the assumption that planning permission would be granted for the building of two detached houses on the land. This assumption was based on a certificate of appropriate alternative development for residential development issued in 1987 under the Land Compensation Act 1961 Part III following an application by a previous owner when a compulsory purchase order had been made for the acquisition of the land for a road scheme which was abandoned in 1989. B claimed that the 1987 certificate was not relevant. At the 2004 valuation date the land was deemed not to have residential development value due to changes in planning policy and history of refusals of planning permission. B valued the land as offering £27 000 in hope value to a developer as a long term investment. "Held" that B should pay £27 000 in compensation.