Tribunals · Fenland District Council · 2017 rating list

30 High Street, PE16 6BG

Shop and premises Decided 18 May 2021 CHG100065223

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

Original RV£13,750

Ratepayer sought£12,000

VO conceded first£12,500−9% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£12,500

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 inclusion of an ATM area within zone A of the post office rating assessment following its reclassification from a separate hereditament in 2017. The tribunal, bound by Cardtronics UK Ltd v Sykes (Supreme Court 2020), found that whilst ATMs are not rateable as plant, the space they occupy is rateable and should not be separately assessed when the retailer remains in paramount occupation of the entire premises. The tribunal agreed the space should remain in zone A and allowed the appeal only to the extent of accepting the VO's revised valuation of £12,500.

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

Grounds argued

Rental evidence
Validity of the proposal

Evidence: Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions, Expert report
Cases cited: Cardtronics UK Ltd and others v. Sykes and others (VO) [2020] UKSC 21
Hearing: 12 May 2021

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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