Units 8-9, Southgate, BA1 1AQ
Restaurant and premises Decided 13 June 2024 CHG100036064 Jones Lang LaSalle - Andrew Flower
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant challenged the VO's assessment of £172,000, proposing £92,500 based on a main space rate of £400 per m². The VO had reduced the assessment to £138,000 at £600 per m². The tribunal determined the correct tone of value for main space was £550 per m², supported by the agreed rate at Pizza Express (a comparable restaurant in the same shopping centre) and analysis of a nearby letting. The tribunal allowed the appeal in part, setting the RV at £126,000, finding the subject property benefited from its location in Southgate Shopping Centre as a focal point with high-quality retailers, which justified higher rental value than comparable properties on less prominent streets or more remote locations.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was SB Realty Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Rental evidence
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments, Expert report, Photographs
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta Ltd v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson; Simpsons Malt & Others v Craig Jones; Denton v TH White Ltd
- Hearing
- 3 June 2024
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