Compensation when a road affects your property value?

Bob_Next_Door

Good evening,

I'm wondering if there is anybody with experience with claiming against their local authority due to a road affecting their property value (Land compensation claim)? Either successful or unsuccessful experiences would be interesting.

Seems to be a rarity finding any stories/advice. The forms look relatively straight forward to complete and my situation certainly meets the criteria after reading the literature. I've had some free advice from a solicitor but he didn't seem very experienced and didn't offer much in the way of advice.

There is nothing to lose putting a claim in but I'm interested in other people's experiences.

Many thanks,

G_M

More information needed.

Nebulous2

I stay on a 25 year old estate. At the other end, some 700 metres or so from me they are going to be dualling the road. Most of the area is in grass, and was earmarked for the dual-carriageway before the estate was built. However, as happens at times, plans have changed, and they intend moving the wall and taking away part of our estate.

We've had interminable letters, forms, plans, solicitors letters etc for something which doesn't really affect us. They have advised we'll be entitled to compensation, but I'm struggling to see why.

So it would help to know what they've told you or offered you to date, and what your neighbours are thinking / saying. My experience has been of the local authority being over-zealous, presumably to avoid court action, rather than uncommunicative.

AdrianC

Nebulous2 wrote: »

We've had interminable letters, forms, plans, solicitors letters etc for something which doesn't really affect us. They have advised we'll be entitled to compensation, but I'm struggling to see why.

Who are "they"?

Some random ambulance chasers who think they can sign you up and hopefully make a quick buck out of you?

Or the local authority?

Nebulous2

AdrianC wrote: »

Who are "they"?

Some random ambulance chasers who think they can sign you up and hopefully make a quick buck out of you?

Or the local authority?

I thought the last sentence in my post made that clear, but it is the local authority. A small patch of what appears to be communal land for our estate is impacted. One house is going to lose most of their garden and an acquaintance of ours will have cars about 10 - 15 metres from her conservatory. So some people are adversely affected. The family losing their garden may be bought out.

However the local authority have been very diligent in consulting, notifying, providing forms for us to fill in etc. Some of that has been carried out by a solicitor on their behalf

davidmcn

Nebulous2 wrote: »

A small patch of what appears to be communal land for our estate is impacted. One house is going to lose most of their garden and an acquaintance of ours will have cars about 10 - 15 metres from her conservatory. So some people are adversely affected.

But are you? Technically you might be if you're losing a portion of communal land in which you have an interest, but I suspect that in itself wouldn't count for much.

Nebulous2

davidmcn wrote: »

But are you? Technically you might be if you're losing a portion of communal land in which you have an interest, but I suspect that in itself wouldn't count for much.

No I am not affected to any recognisable extent - again as I said in my first post, the local authority sent me a form to fill out saying I would be entitled to compensation, but I'm struggling to see why.

I've been joking with my wife that we'll get £100, where she thinks £10 is more likely.