Australia, July 22 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 20:

1. COMMISSIONER: The applicant appeals the Valuer General's Determination dated 1 November 2024 pursuant to s 37(1) of the Valuation of Land Act 1916 (Valuation Act) in respect of the valuation of the land value of the property legally described as Lot 6 in Deposited Plan 308844, known as 42 Cooper Street, Strathfield NSW 2135 (the Land).

1) The proceedings fall within Class 3 of the Court's jurisdiction pursuant to s 19(b) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (LEC Act).

2) The statutory power or function to be exercised in determining the proceedings are s 34(3)(a) of the LEC Act and s 40(1)(b) of the Valuation Act.

3) The Applicant appeals the determination of the Valuer General made on 1 November 2024 in respect of the objection made by the Applicant to the valuation of the land value of the Land as of 1 July 2022 and 1 July 2023.

Planning Background and Site Features

2. Relevant features of the Land are as follows:

3. The Land is located on the southwestern corner of Cooper and Clarence Streets, within the suburb of Strathfield and the Local Government Area of Canada Bay. This section of Cooper Street is a two-way traffic thoroughfare whilst Clarence Street is a no through road.

4. The Land is located within an area known as the Strathfield Triangle. The Strathfield Triangle contains eight Amalgamation Patterns, (AP). The Land is located within AP1 in which there are a total of eight individual properties.

5. The Land is a corner allotment with two street frontages and is rectangular in shape.

6. The Land contains an eastern frontage of 13.41 metres to Cooper Street, a western rear boundary of 13.41 metres, a northern frontage of 39.62 metres to Clarence Street, and a southern boundary of 39.62 metres. The Land has a site area of 531.3 square metres.

7. The Land is capable of affording streetscape views from the ground level of a future multi-storey residential unit development. Development of this kind upon the Land, in amalgamation with adjoining lots, is consistent with the Strathfield Triangle Development Control Plan 2014 (STDCP).

8. At both the date the valuations were made, (DVM) of 23 July 2022 and 25 July 2023, and the valuation dates of 1 July 2022 and 1 July 2023, the Land was subject to the Canada Bay Local Environmental Plan 2013 (CBLEP) and the STDCP.

9. The Land was zoned R4 - High Density Residential under the CBLEP.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/1978157c23d40fa3da11b018)

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