Richard Marcus Llewellyn Denby v East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Decision date: 11 February 2011
Neutral citation: [2011] UKUT 65 (LC)
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned the compensation payable for the compulsory acquisition of 98 Seaton Road, Hessle, with the valuation date 19 July 2010. The tribunal found the council's July 2010 repair estimate and allowances overstated and, having regard to earlier valuation evidence and a subsequent post-vesting sale, fixed the open market value at £65,000. Service on the absent owner was dispensed with after the acquiring authority's tracing efforts.
Ratio decidendi
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Where a post-vesting marketing and sale price is available shortly after the valuation date, it can legitimately be relied on to support and inform the valuation at the date of vesting; conversely, valuation revisions that rest on overgenerous contingencies and profit allowances in repair estimates may be less reliable than earlier valuations supported by market evidence.
Obiter dicta
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No clear obiter dicta can safely be identified from the notes beyond evaluative comments that overly large contingencies and profit allowances in repair estimates undermine the reliability of revised valuations.