Industrial Heritage Museum, Ashby Road, LE67 3LF
Museum and premises Decided 28 November 2023 28821990 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 3 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 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient High House, 48 Greengate Street, Stafford ST16 2JAThis appeal | £25,000 | £1 | £1 | Allowed |
| Industrial Heritage Museum, Ashby Road, Coalville, Leicester LE67 3LF | £300,000 | £1 | £1 | Allowed |
| Industrial Heritage Museum, Ashby Road, Coalville, Leicester LE67 3LF | £109,000 | £1 | £1 | Allowed |
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants submitted proposals to reduce the rateable values of three properties (Ancient High House and two appeals for Industrial Heritage Museum) on the grounds that they should be classified as historical buildings rather than museums, and that the valuation method should reflect their preservation and conservation purpose rather than commercial potential. The Tribunal found both properties were museums on the evidence, as any reasonable onlooker would recognise them as such, and therefore the correct valuation method was the receipts and expenditure method, which resulted in RV £1 for all three appeals due to the properties being loss-making. The Tribunal rejected the VO's outdated historical buildings guidance manual and the shortened profits approach as having no basis in law and being contrary to recent case law.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Stafford Borough Council, represented.
Grounds argued
- Valuation method · decisive
- Split or merge the assessment
- Evidence
- Settled assessments, Expert report, Earlier tribunal decisions
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Hoare v National Trust; Hughes (VO) v York Museums and Gallery Trust; Hughes (VO) v Exeter City Council; Allen (VO) v Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums; City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council and York Museums and Galleries Trust v Sykes
- Hearing
- 6 November 2023
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