Tribunals · London Borough of Southwark · 2017 rating list

BON VOYAGE CAFE AT BLACKFRIARS STATION, HOPTON STREET, SE1 9JH

Shop and premises; café in station Decided 24 March 2021 CHG100077884 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£74,000£1750/m²

Ratepayer sought£42,250

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£42,250£1000/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, a coffee shop operator at Blackfriars Station, argued the rateable value should be reduced from £74,000 (at £1,750/m²) to £42,250 (at £1,000/m²) based on comparable evidence from similar food and drink establishments at other London stations, particularly London Bridge. The tribunal accepted the appellant's comparable evidence and found the unit at London Bridge Station (valued at £1,000/m²) was the best comparable, being similar in size, nature, and prime location. The tribunal rejected reliance on the 2018 rent as it was three years after the material date and out of line with other rateable values in the area, allowing the appeal.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Mobile Coffee Carts.com Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive

Evidence: Rents, Settled assessments
Cases cited: Denton v TH White Ltd
Hearing: 9 March 2021

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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