Tribunals · Wiltshire Council · 2017 rating list

Lower Barn at The Beeches, Deverill Road, Sutton Veny, Sutton Veny, BA12 7BY

Racing stables and premises Decided 7 February 2022 CHG100170863 Christopher Marriott/Marriott Brown Ltd

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.

Original RV£14,500£630/m²

Ratepayer sought£11,750

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£13,750£600/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 challenged the Valuation Officer's rateable value of £14,500 for racing stables, proposing £11,750 based on £500 per indoor loosebox. The Valuation Officer contended for £630 per unit. The tribunal found rental evidence problematic and unreliable due to remoteness from the antecedent valuation date. Placing reliance on the settled appeal of Jackdaws and the Valuation Officer's prior concession reducing comparable properties from £675 to £630 per loosebox, the tribunal determined a reasonable unit price of £600 per indoor loosebox, resulting in a revised rateable value of £13,750—allowing the appeal in part.

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