000			01595cab a2200217 4500
001			ABS41475
008			090401t1989 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u30435
041			_aeng
245			_aR v Commission for the New Towns, Ex parte Tomkins and Another
260			_c1989
350			_a0
490			_aProperty and Compensation Reports _v(1989) 58 PCR 57-67(11)
520			_aCA 25 October 1988. Appeal by two farmers, T and L, against decision refusing to grant relief by way of judicial review, against (C). T and L claimed that C had erred in law by pursuing their statutory duty under the New Towns Act 1981 rather than following DoE guidelines issued in 1983 that land surplus to requirements should be offered to former owners. T and L were owners of land compulsorily purchased by C`s predecessor in title, for new town development; the land remained in agricultural use and C had the power to dispose of surplus land . The land was to be sold with consent for residential use and s37(3) of the 1981 Act, as amended by the New Towns and Urban Development Corporations Act 1985 , required that C should obtain the best price possible for the land; this could only be achieved by offering the land for sale by tender. At issue was whether C should have first offered the land to T and L. CA dismissed the appeal, holding that the law required C to dispose of land at th
650			_aCompulsory purchase _96228
650			_aCRICHEL DOWN RULES
650			_aOPEN MARKET VALUE
690			_aPROPERTY LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c20514 _d20514