Tribunals · Wigan MBC · 2017 rating list

The Wigan Investment Centre & CT3 Building, Waterside Drive, WN3 5BA

Office and premises Decided 28 June 2021 CHG100098566 Hart Commercial Surveyors Ltd

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed, leaving the value at the figure the Valuation Officer had already conceded.
Original RV£640,000£106/m²
Ratepayer sought£215,000
VO conceded first£412,500−36% before the hearing
Tribunal decided£412,500£106/m²

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What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought a reduced rateable value of £215,000 RV based on rental evidence and assessment schedules for smaller office properties in Wigan, arguing the main space rate was excessive. The tribunal found the appellant's comparable properties were significantly smaller (up to 39 times smaller) than the appeal property and operated in a different micro-market for large Head Office complexes; the tribunal dismissed the appeal as the existing assessment of £412,500 RV was reasonable and supported by comparison with Wigan MBC The Life Centre.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
  • Rental evidence
Evidence
Rents, Settled assessments
Hearing
11 June 2021

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