Tribunals · Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council · 2010 rating list

Unit 8 Centurion Business Park Davyfield Road, BB1 2LB

Storage pods - industrial units Decided 25 November 2022 25181598 ATL Surveys Ltd

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV—

Ratepayer sought£74,414

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£74,414from 15 Jun 2012

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 3 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

Store First appealed against the assessment of three industrial units containing storage pods. The key issue was whether the self-storage facility should be split into individual pod hereditaments. Following the President's test case decision at Store First Barnsley establishing each pod as a separate hereditament, and applying the Telereal Trillium principle that valuation assumes a hypothetical tenant despite lack of real-world demand, the tribunal allowed the appeals and ratified the agreed valuations of £74,414 for Unit 9 (285 pods), £54,358 for Unit 8 (398 pods), and £100,060 for Unit 6 (564 pods), having regard to comparable evidence from other Store First facilities.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Store First Limited, represented.