Taylor v Valuer General of New South Wales [2024] NSWLEC 1071

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Taylor v Valuer General of New South Wales [2024] NSWLEC 1071 Hearing dates: Conciliation Conference on 7 December 2023 Date of orders: 23 February 2024 Decision date: 23 February 2024 Jurisdiction: Class 3 Before: Kempthorne AC Decision: The Court orders: (1) The Appeal is upheld. (2) The Land Value for 281B Irvines Road, Bellawongarah NSW 2535 (identified as Lot 28 in Deposited Plan 860738) as at 1 July 2021 is $1,790,000. (3) Each party to bear their own costs. Catchwords: VALUATION OF LAND – objection to issued Land Value – conciliation conference – agreement between the parties – orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s 34 Valuation of Land Act 1916, ss 14A, 14B, 34, 35B, 35C, 37 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Adrian Tasman Francis Taylor (Applicant) Valuer General of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Taylor (Self-represented) (Applicant) L Johnson (Respondent)

Solicitor: Crown Solicitors Office NSW (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/263147 Publication restriction: Nil

Judgment 1. COMMISSIONER: This Class 3 application arises from the disallowed objection and subsequent appeal by the Applicant pursuant to s 37 of the Valuation of Land Act 1916 (Valuation Act) in respect of the Land Value for the Valuing Year 1 July 2022 of 281B Irvines Road, Bellawongarah NSW 2535 (identified as Lot 28 in Deposited Plan 860738) (the Property).