2nd Floor, St Michaels House, 1 George Yard, 1 George Yard, EC3V 9DH
Offices and premises Decided 14 April 2025 CHG100093956 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester/Ryan Property Tax Services UK Limited
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants disputed the rateable values of three floors in an office building in the City of London, proposing a reduction in the adopted price per m² from £525 to £490. The agreed rental analysis was £510 per m², but the Valuation Officer applied an additional £25 per m² uplift for tenant's fit-out, resulting in £555 per m². The tribunal found that the building had been refurbished in 2016 prior to the material date and accepted the fit-out uplift was justified in line with the Central London offices agreement, rejecting the appellant's contention that there was insufficient evidence to support this uplift. The appeals were dismissed and the original RVs of £117,000, £128,000, and £127,000 were confirmed.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Lycett, Browne-Swinburne & Douglass Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Rental evidence
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Evidence
- Rents, Photographs, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Dawn Bunyan (VO) v Acenden Limited [2023] UK UT 17 (LC); Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
- Hearing
- 17 March 2025
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