In compensation proceedings for resumed land, a court is not obliged to consider alternative development scenarios not advanced by the claimant. A severance claim for lost development potential requires evidence of a sufficient connection between the claimed loss and the resumption process, including evidence that a development application would likely have been approved. The Valuer-General's determination is a relevant but rarely determining factor on costs. A landowner's subjective belief in the land's higher value is an irrelevant factor on costs, but consideration of that factor does not necessarily vitiate the costs order if the overall exercise of discretion is sound.
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