Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, Gateshead, NE8 4JB
Art gallery and premises; Museum and premises; historic property and premises Decided 6 November 2020 26123414 Lambert Smith Hampton
Figures are as stated in the decision, and are values in the 2010 list; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This judgement decided 6 properties together and does not tie its figures clearly to this appeal, so the figures above are for the first property it lists. Every property is listed below.
The 6 properties in this decision
One judgement covered all of these appeals. Each property’s figures as the judgement states them (2010 list); this appeal’s property is highlighted.
| Property | Original RV | Sought | Tribunal decided | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 4JBThis appeal | — | £10 | £10 | Allowed |
| The Discovery Centre, Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4HZ | — | £10 | £93,500 | Allowed in part |
| Laing Art Gallery, Higham Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AG | — | £10 | £10 | Allowed |
| South Shields Museum, 6 Ocean Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 2HZ | — | £10 | £10 | Allowed |
| Chard Museum Society, High Street, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1QL | — | £10 | £300 | Allowed in part |
| Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, YO1 9RN | — | £10 | £10 | Allowed |
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants sought nominal rateable values of £10 for museum and art gallery properties, arguing existing valuations were excessive and incorrect. The tribunal adopted receipts and expenditure valuations rather than the respondent's percentage-of-receipts method, finding the full receipts and expenditure approach appropriate where there is only one potential occupier. The tribunal determined nominal or modest values reflecting operational losses rather than the respondent's higher assessments.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Tyne & Wear Museums Service, represented.
Grounds argued
- Valuation method · decisive
- Rental evidence
- Trading receipts (pubs, hotels)
- Evidence
- Trading accounts, Earlier tribunal decisions, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Hughes (VO) v York Museums and Gallery Trust [2017] UKUT 200 (LC); Gardiner & Theobald LLP v Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC); Hughes (VO) v Exeter City Council [2020] UKUT 0007 (LC); Hoare & Anor v National Trust [1998] EWCA Civ 1525; Bluebell Railway Limited v Ball (VO) [1984] RA 113
- Hearing
- 6 November 2020
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