Carter v Windsor and Maidenhead RBC

Carter v Windsor and Maidenhead RBC - 1988 - Rating & Valuation Reporter (1988) RA 241-247(7) .

LT 28 April 1988. Reference to LT on the amount of compensation payable by the council (W) to the landowner (C) under the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ss164 and 165. C`s claim arose over 70.4 acres of agricultural land - old parkland situated adjacent to Windsor Forest . In 1985 C decided to sell the land in 15 parcels. W, concerned to avoid fragmentation made an Article 4 Direction , terminating planning permission in relation to the land. In 1986 C made an application for each parcel seeking permission for agricultural buildings ; all 15 applications were refused. Following the refusals C sold 69.48 acres at £1,750 pac approx. Eight months later 12.4 acres nearby were sold for £2,419 pac; this land was subject to a confirmed Article 4 direction. C submitted a claim for compensation at £160,000 in respect of loss and damage attributable to the refusal of consent. C claimed the land was worth £280,000 before the Article 4 direction and £120,000 afterwards, assuming that the lan


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