Unit D Maidenbower Business Park, Balcombe Road, RH10 7ZJ
Car showroom and premises Decided 9 March 2023 CHG100309108 Lambert Smith Hampton - Paul Nash
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant argued that the appeal property, a car showroom located on the edge of Crawley away from the main commercial centre, should be categorised as Type 2 (£150/m²) rather than Type 1 (£180/m²), citing previous tribunal decisions on the 2005 and 2010 rating lists which had made the same finding. The tribunal found the appellant's evidence regarding location and the rating manual categorisations persuasive, noting that the VO's comparable properties were all located miles away in the main commercial centre and were therefore not truly comparable. The tribunal allowed the appeal and confirmed the RV at £214,000 (£150/m²), finding that little had changed since the previous tribunal decisions and that location remained a material factor in valuing this property.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Inchcape Estates Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Rental evidence
- Evidence
- Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions, Rents
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell
- Hearing
- 28 February 2023
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