19 OAK INDUSTRIAL PARK, DUNMOW, CM6 1XN
Car showroom and premises Decided 23 June 2021 CHG100127578 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant, trading as an agricultural and ground-care dealer, argued the property should be valued as industrial at £49,250 RV rather than as a car showroom at £102,000 RV, citing a change in use and reliance on two comparable industrial properties. The tribunal found the property was correctly valued as a car showroom and premises because its physical characteristics, prominent main road location, purpose-built design, high showroom content, and planning permission designation indicated continued showroom use despite the change from new car sales to agricultural machinery, making it rebus sic stantibus a showroom and premises rather than an industrial unit.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was George Browns Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Valuation method
- Evidence
- Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions, Photographs, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Scottish & Newcastle Retail Limited & Allied Domecq Retailing Limited v R F Williams (VO); Scottish & Newcastle v Williams (VO) RA-480-1993 (LT); Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
- Hearing
- 11 June 2021
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