Tribunals · South Bucks District Council · 2017 rating list

KIOSK 4, BEACONSFIELD SERVICES, WINDSOR ROAD, WINDSOR ROAD, HP9 2SE

Food kiosk Decided 21 June 2021 CHG100109617 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£56,000£3400/m²

Ratepayer sought£16,500

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£56,000£3400/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 argued the rateable value of £56,000 (£3,400/m²) was excessive compared to comparable units at other motorway service areas and within the same building, and that the turnover rent basis was not an open market rent. The tribunal found that whilst turnover rents were not equivalent to rateable value and the 2012 lease was remote from the valuation date, the rents agreed in 2015 and 2012 were broadly consistent and agreed in open market negotiations. Without evidence of comparable fixed rent leases or other basis for adjustment, the tribunal concluded the rateable value of £56,000 was reasonable.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Movingfeast Ltd T/A El Mexicana, represented.

Grounds argued

Comparable assessments (tone)
Rental evidence
Valuation method

Evidence: Rents, Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions
Cases cited: Lotus and Delta v Culverwell (VO) LVC/376/1975; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
Hearing: 10 June 2021

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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