The 'before and after' method of valuation is not inconsistent with s 55 of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 and by its nature subsumes matters of potentiality including subdivisibility, severance, and enhancement. A size discount applied in comparable sales analysis is a factual finding not raising a question of law. The potential for subdivision or development is an inherent characteristic of land included within market value and does not attract special value under s 57. Disturbance compensation under s 59(f) requires costs relating to 'actual use' of the land, not hypothetical future use.
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