Minelco Ltd Superfine Carbonate Works, Driffield, Driffield, YO25 9TS
Mineral processing plant and premises Decided 20 April 2021 25131469 BNP Real Estate - Birmingham
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant, a mineral processing plant operator, challenged the rateable value assessments arguing the building cost valuations were excessive. The tribunal accepted the appellant's actual construction costs for a 2012 building (£235/m²) over the Valuation Officer's Cost Guide approach (£262/m²), and upheld the site rent approach for land valuation (£17,500) applied consistently across mineral processing plants. The tribunal allowed the appeals in part, reducing the assessments from £116,000 to £106,000 (from 1 April 2010) and from £146,000 to £127,000 (from 1 August 2012).
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Lkab Minerals Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Valuation method · decisive
- Floor area or measurement
- Evidence
- Expert report, Photographs, Measurement survey
- Cases cited
- Scottish & Newcastle Retail Ltd v Williams (VO); Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO)
- Hearing
- 26 March 2021
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