Ground Floor Part, Grimaldi House, SW1Y 4JH
Offices and premises Decided 20 June 2022 CHG100189617 Conneely Tribe - Austin Marshall
Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 9 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant company challenged the rateable values of nine floors at Grimaldi House on the basis of material change of circumstances caused by multiple major construction schemes in the vicinity: the Conway Materials compound opposite the property, major refurbishment works at 24-25 St James's Square, demolition and reconstruction at adjacent 30 St James's Square, and planned works at Norfolk House diagonally opposite. The appellant proposed a 37.5% allowance while the Valuation Officer allowed 20%. The tribunal found that while multiple MCCs were severe in duration and intensity and had an adverse impact on the hypothetical tenant's bid, the evidence did not support the 37.5% reduction sought. Applying weight to comparable precedents and considering each MCC separately, the tribunal allowed the appeals in part and awarded a 30% allowance to all assessments effective from 5 December 2017.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Grimaldi Agencies UK Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Change of circumstances · decisive
- Change of circumstances
- construction works in locality (multiple schemes: Conway compound, 24-25 St James's Square refurbishment, 30 St James's Square demolition/reconstruction, Norfolk House demolition/reconstruction)
- Evidence
- Photographs, Expert report, Earlier tribunal decisions
- Cases cited
- Hostsoho Limited v David Jackson (VO) [2019] UKUT 0166; Berrill v Hill RA/34/99; Dawkins (VO) v Ash Brothers and Heaton Limited [1969] 2 AC 336; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
- Hearing
- 24 May 2022
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