Alexandra Hotel, Pound Street, DT7 3HZ
Hotel and premises Decided 7 July 2021 CHG100101894 Whitestone Commercials - Chris Lambert
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant contended that the rateable value of £131,000 was unreasonable, arguing that the fair maintainable trade (FMT) had not properly accounted for overtrading and that comparative evidence and revenue/expenditure methods supported an RV of £65,000. The tribunal found that the Valuation Officer's application of the Rating Manual Section 510 method was reasonable, that the FMT of £1,575,000 was not unreasonable, that the 8.35% percentage applied was fair, and that no exceptional circumstances justified departure from the standard scheme. The appeal was dismissed and the RV was confirmed at £131,000.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, represented.
Grounds argued
- Valuation method · decisive
- Rental evidence
- Trading receipts (pubs, hotels)
- Quantum or end allowance
- Evidence
- Trading accounts, Rents, Settled assessments
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Wetherspoon Plc v Day; Jack in the Green v VOA
- Hearing
- 11 June 2021
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