Tribunals · Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council · 2017 rating list

44, Bridge Street, WS1 1JG

Club and premises Decided 10 December 2020 CHG100060444 Rabbette Chartered Surveyors - Paul Rabbette

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.

Original RV£46,000£60/m²

Ratepayer sought£34,500

VO conceded first£42,250−8% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£38,250£50/m²

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the rateable value of a nightclub, arguing that the unadjusted rate should be reduced from £55/m² to £42.75/m² based on significant macroeconomic decline in the nightclub industry (26.3% revenue fall 2010-2015). The tribunal found that the best evidence was the three comparable nightclubs within Walsall, all valued at £50/m², and that the appeal property should not be valued higher given the declining market and shift towards late-night bars rather than paid-entry nightclubs. The tribunal allowed the appeal in part, reducing the rate to £50/m², resulting in a revised RV of £38,250.

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

Grounds argued

Comparable assessments (tone)
Valuation method

Evidence: Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions
Cases cited: Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Barnard & Barnard v Walker; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
Hearing: 1 December 2020

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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