[mike-cardwell]

> Concepts like "huge public benefit" and "sound reasoning" are in the eye of the beholder;

Yes. That's why my first word was "Personally"

> and as mentioned above, money isn't everything.

Yes. That's why I wrote "compensated suitably" and "increased the compensation offering enough".

> Especially for old people, memories can be more of a comfort than cash, and losing your home inevitably means losing some of those memories.

That seems rather condescending to old people to me.