3RD FLR 37 UPPER BROOK STREET, W1K 7QL
Offices and premises Decided 17 August 2022 CHG100113084 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant challenged the rateable value of £56,000 (£675 p/m²) for third-floor office accommodation in a Grade II listed building in Mayfair, proposing £49,250 (£595 p/m²). The appellant argued that the listed status restricted modernisation and reduced rental value, whilst the Valuation Officer relied on comparable lettings close to the valuation date. The tribunal found the VO's rental evidence more reliable and persuasive, dismissed the listed building argument as unsupported, and concluded the appellant failed to prove the adopted rate was unreasonable.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Hadcliffe Properties Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Rental evidence
- Evidence
- Rents, Expert report, Photographs
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 11 August 2022
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