Tribunals · Breckland District Council · 2017 rating list

Burgh Farm Dressage, Norwich Road, Mattishall, Mattishall, NR20 3LL

Stables and premises Decided 25 February 2021 CHG100074804 Steven Bicknell

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed, leaving the value at the figure the Valuation Officer had already conceded.

Original RV£15,250

Ratepayer sought£12,500

VO conceded first£13,000−15% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£15,000from 1 Oct 2017

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 argued that five stables in a lean-to building were appurtenant to the dwelling and should be exempt from non-domestic rating as domestic property used for personal hobby purposes. The tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding that the stables were remote from the domestic curtilage of the dwelling, separated by fencing, hedging and the farm access road, and situated within the farm/livery business facilities rather than within the domestic curtilage. Unlike the Bourne Hill case cited, the property operates a livery business and lacks the characteristics of a purely domestic setting.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Burgh Farm Dressage, represented.

Grounds argued

Relief or exemption
Other

Evidence: None from the ratepayer
Cases cited: Corkish v Bigwood; Martin v Hewitt
Hearing: 17 February 2021

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