Where a court adopts a valuer's base rate derived from unconstrained land, it must follow through the valuer's methodology by deducting the costs necessary to overcome the constraints affecting the subject land; failure to do so constitutes an error of valuation principle reviewable on appeal. The differential between pre-acquisition and post-acquisition development costs, not the gross cost, determines the impact on compensation.
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