4TH FLR, 36-38 LEXINGTON STREET, W1F 0LJ
Offices and premises Decided 11 June 2021 CHG100090905 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant argued that the rateable values at £500 per m2 were excessive and should be reduced to £375 per m2 based on rental comparables from nearby streets and settled assessments. The tribunal found that the appellant's comparables were not sufficiently proximate to the appeal properties and placed greatest weight on rental evidence from 46 Lexington Street in the same street, which at £558.99 per m2 supported the original valuations. The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof that the properties were overvalued.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was ALR Music Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Rental evidence
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner and Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 13 May 2021
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