Tribunals · Somerset West and Taunton Council · 2010 rating list

Roborough Gate, Brendon Hill, TA23 0LJ

Stables and premises; Sand school and premises Decided 21 June 2022 33560941

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.
Original RV£1,525
Ratepayer sought—
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided—

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 2 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought to merge two hereditaments (stables and sand school) that had been entered into the 2010 rating list as separate new assessments from 1 April 2010. The Tribunal found that the proposal was invalid because it was made in June 2019 after the 2010 list had closed, and the PICO Act only permitted such late proposals for properties affected by the Mazars decision (which split contiguous properties into separate hereditaments). Since these properties were entered as new assessments and not as splits resulting from Mazars, the appellant had no right to make a late proposal under the PICO Act framework. The appeal was dismissed.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Split or merge the assessment
  • Validity of the proposal · decisive
Cases cited
Roberts (VO) v Backhouse Jones Limited [2020] UKUT 0038 (LC); Woolway (VO) v Mazars [2015] UKSC 53; John Laing & Son Ltd v Assessment Committee for Kingswood Assessment Area [1949] 1 KB 344; Libra Textiles Limited T/A Boundary Mills Stores v Roberts (VO) [2020] UKUT 0237 (LC)
Hearing
26 May 2022

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