Kolbe House Society v Department of Transport
Kolbe House Society v Department of Transport
- 1994
- Property and Compensation Reports (1994) 68 PCR 569-590(22) .
LT 11 July 1994. The property in question was a home, run by a charity for the relief of people from eastern Europe, which was compulsorily purchased. K contended that the compensation should be assessed on the cost of equivalent reinstatement as set out under Land Compensation Act 1961 s5 rule 5, as there would be no comparables and the aim was to reinstate the home elsewhere. The acquiring authority argued for an assessment on a market value basis contending that the property was being used as a old folks home. Held that the use was not that of a residential care home available to a wide range of people from the community at large, so there was no proven demand or market for it; it should be valued by the equivilent reinstatement method.
COMPENSATION
Compulsory purchase
EASTERN EUROPE
EQUIVALENT REINSTATEMENT VALUE
KOLBE HOUSE SOCIETY V DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
LAND COMPENSATION ACT 1961 S5-RULE-5
MARKET VALUE
POLAND
REFUGEES
RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES
LT 11 July 1994. The property in question was a home, run by a charity for the relief of people from eastern Europe, which was compulsorily purchased. K contended that the compensation should be assessed on the cost of equivalent reinstatement as set out under Land Compensation Act 1961 s5 rule 5, as there would be no comparables and the aim was to reinstate the home elsewhere. The acquiring authority argued for an assessment on a market value basis contending that the property was being used as a old folks home. Held that the use was not that of a residential care home available to a wide range of people from the community at large, so there was no proven demand or market for it; it should be valued by the equivilent reinstatement method.
COMPENSATION
Compulsory purchase
EASTERN EUROPE
EQUIVALENT REINSTATEMENT VALUE
KOLBE HOUSE SOCIETY V DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
LAND COMPENSATION ACT 1961 S5-RULE-5
MARKET VALUE
POLAND
REFUGEES
RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES