Aldermaston Wharf, Padworth, RG7 4JS

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant contended the property was a marina and premises but the VO had assessed it as a workshop and premises at £21,250. The tribunal accepted that the property was used as a marina with appropriate facilities (moorings with services, chandlery, repair workshop), and that the low berthing income was artificially suppressed due to the operator's use of berths for its own hire boat fleet. The tribunal adopted the Memorandum of Agreement valuation method for marinas, calculating the RV as £11,000 using an 85% occupancy assumption and a 12.5% percentage (within the agreed range for 80-90% occupancy), rather than the 11.25% proposed by the appellant's surveyor.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was ABC Leisure Group Limited, represented.

Grounds argued

• Rental evidence
• Comparable assessments (tone)
• Valuation method
• Split or merge the assessment

Evidence

Rents, Trading accounts, Settled assessments

Cases cited

Williams v Scottish & Newcastle Retail; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson

Hearing

6 March 2023

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