Lloyds Banking Group Plc v Burnley Borough Council
Decision date: 22 January 2024
Neutral citation: [2024] UKUT 20 (LC)
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned the compensation payable under s.15 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 to Lloyds as the mortgagee after Burnley Borough Council compulsorily acquired a dilapidated long leasehold house (28 Spenser Street). The Tribunal valued the property at £70,000 as at vesting date, found the mortgagor had not participated, and ordered compensation of £70,000 (plus statutory interest) to be paid to Lloyds in part satisfaction of the mortgage; no costs were awarded.
Ratio decidendi
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Where a mortgagor elects not to participate in compulsory purchase proceedings, the Tribunal may determine the compensation payable to the mortgagee under s.15. In valuing a dilapidated property the Tribunal may properly rely on contemporaneous market evidence of comparable sales reflecting what developer/landlord/speculator purchasers would pay, rather than simply deriving value by deducting estimated repair costs from a hypothetical repaired value.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal observed that it can be misleading to calculate the value of a poor-condition property solely by subtracting estimated refurbishment costs from a repaired value; instead, attention should be given to comparables in the same terrace, similar condition, and marketed close to the valuation date as the most persuasive evidence of market value.
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