Tribunals · Adur District Council · 2017 rating list

SHIELD ENGINEERING LTD, Unit 1 Clearwater Business Park, CV47 1NA

Warehouse and premises Decided 22 December 2021 CHG100248858 Bird and Howes - Richard Howes

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£39,000

Ratepayer sought£111,000

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£111,000from 1 Oct 2018

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 2 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant argued that Units 1 and 4 at Clearwater Business Park should be merged as a single hereditament from 1 October 2018. The tribunal found that Units 1 and 4 were contiguous and met the geographical test for a single hereditament, relying on a letter confirming access arrangements for other units and dismissing the VO's unsupported assumptions about an easement between the units.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Shield Engineering (Syston) Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

Split or merge the assessment · decisive

Evidence: Measurement survey, Photographs
Cases cited: Woolway (VO) v Mazars; Johnson (VO) v H&B Foods Ltd
Hearing: 15 December 2021

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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