The Winston Churchill, Church Street, LU5 4RP
Restaurant and premises Decided 30 August 2022 CHG100345417 JMA Chartered Surveyors
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant challenged the entry of The Winston Churchill in the 2017 rating list at £27,000, seeking deletion on grounds that the property was not ready for occupation on the completion date of 5 November 2018 and that the completion notice was invalid. The tribunal found that the property had undergone structural alterations (including glass façade replacement and kitchen relocation) sufficient to create a new hereditament, which meant a completion notice could validly be served. The tribunal dismissed the appeal and confirmed the entry should remain in the list.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, represented.
Grounds argued
- Validity of the proposal · decisive
- Evidence
- Expert report
- Cases cited
- Tull Properties Ltd v South Gloucestershire Council; Reeves (VO) v VTE (and others); Westminster City Council v UKI Kingsway Ltd and MJ Dunlevey; Delph Property Group Ltd v Alexander (VO) and Leicester City Council
- Hearing
- 2 August 2022
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