Tribunals · Plymouth City Council · 2017 rating list

Boston Tea Party Group, 82-84 Vauxhall Street, PL4 0EX

Café/bar and premises Decided 8 March 2022 CHG100317784 Gordon Costello

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£90,000£200/m²

Ratepayer sought£36,000

VO conceded first£79,500−12% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£36,000£72/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 the property should be valued at £36,000 RV based on its lease rent of £45,000 pa (adjusted to £72/m²), contending that comparable evidence was unreliable and the property differed substantially from the Valuation Officer's primary comparable (90 Vauxhall Street). The tribunal found the Valuation Officer's rental evidence contained multiple anomalies and inconsistencies; accepted the appellant's analysis of the subject property's own rent as the most reliable evidence; and concluded the property, lacking waterfront location advantages and restricted by listed building status, warranted valuation at £36,000 RV based on rental evidence rather than the higher £79,500 RV to which the VO had reduced the original £90,000.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was The Boston Tea Party, represented.