Tribunals · Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · 2017 rating list

Company Shop Ltd, Wentworth Way, Wentworth Industrial Estate, Wentworth Industrial Estate, S75 3DH

Warehouse and premises; office and premises Decided 5 November 2021 CHG100172182 Knight Frank

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£515,000

Ratepayer sought£440,000

VO conceded first£495,000−4% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£440,000£36/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 that the whole property should be valued on a single industrial valuation scheme at £36/m2 rather than the VO's hybrid approach of separately valuing the ancillary offices at a higher office rate and the industrial unit at the industrial rate. The tribunal found that, following substantial development in 2012 with the lead use being industrial, the offices were ancillary to the main building as one hereditament, and a hypothetical tenant would negotiate rent for the whole premises. The appeal was therefore allowed, reducing the RV to £440,000 effective from 3 April 2019.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Company Shop Group, represented.