Tribunals · St Albans City and District Council · 2017 rating list

J P D Financial, First Floor 1 Marlborugh Park, Southdown Road, Southdown Road, AL5 1NL

Office and premises Decided 15 March 2021 CHG100066507 Stephen Mummery MRICS

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV—

Ratepayer sought£1

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£1from 20 Mar 2018

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 (Vortex Designs Ltd) challenged the rateable value of the office property on the grounds that strip-out works commenced in March 2018 made it incapable of beneficial occupation. The tribunal found that the extensive works undertaken, including removal of partitions, electrical services, and capping off of supply, rendered the property incapable of beneficial occupation as at 20 March 2018. The appeal was allowed and the property was entered in the 2017 list with a rateable value of £1 from that date.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Vortex Designs Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

Building works or disturbance nearby · decisive

Change of circumstances: strip out works
Evidence: Photographs, Expert report
Cases cited: John Laing & Son Ltd v Assessment Committee for Kingswood Assessment Area [1949] 1 KB 344; Scottish & Newcastle Retail Ltd v Williams (VO) [2001] 1 EGLR 157; Schofield (VO) v RBNB [2008] RA 121; Newbigin (VO) v SJ &J Monk [2017] UKSC 14; Jackson (VO) v Canary Wharf Limited [2019] UKUT 136 (LC); Colour Weddings Limited v Roberts (VO) [2019] UKUT 0385 (LC)
Hearing: 16 February 2021

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