Hillpan Pty Limited v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2001] NSWLEC 51

Reported Decision : (2001) 113 LGERA 270

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Hillpan Pty Limited v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2001] NSWLEC 51 APPLICANT Hillpan Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales FILE NUMBER(S) : 30007 of 2000 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Valuation of Land :- Compulsory acquisition - highest and best use - land suitable for townhouse development and single allotment home sites - assessment of physical constraints on land of road widening and slope - affect upon valuation - compensation assessment LEGISLATION CITED: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 s 55, s 56 Blacktown City Council v Lasseter (NSWCA, 5 December 1996, unreported) ; Carson v Minister for Environment & Planning (1990) 70 LGRA 215 at 221). Camilleri & Anor v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (Waddell AJ, NSWLEC, 15 December 1994, unreported); Crown v Murphy (1990) 64 ALJR 593; Housing Commission of New South Wales v San Sebastian Propriety Limited & Ors (1978) 140 CLR 196 ; CASES CITED: McBarron v Roads and Traffic Authority (1995) 87 LGERA 238; N Stephenson Pty Ltd v Roads & Traffic Authority (1994) 83 LGERA 248); Petar Rukovina & Anor v Council of the City of Wagga Wagga (Pearlman J, NSWLEC, 2 April 1993, unreported) ; Pointe Gourde Quarrying and Transport Pty Ltd v Sub-Intendent of Crown Lands [1947] AC 565; Richardson v Roads & Traffic Authority (1996) 90 LGERA 294; The Commonwealth Australia v Arklay (1952) 87 CLR 159 ; DATES OF HEARING: 21/11/00, 22/11/00, 25/01/01 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/02/2001