Tribunals · City of Westminster · 2017 rating list

BST-3RD FLRS 8 SILVER PLACE, W1F 0JU

Basement, 3rd floors office and premises (ground floor retail workshop, basement workshop and office, upper floors offices) Decided 20 October 2022 CHG100347368 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£61,000

Ratepayer sought£33,500

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£33,500£1100/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 that upper floor offices should be valued at ancillary retail rates (A/20, A/25, A/50) rather than full office rates with a 15% hybrid allowance, because there was no separate access to the upper floors. The tribunal found the comparable properties presented persuasive, noting that properties with no separate access were valued at ancillary rates, and that the actual rent (agreed 20 months post-AVD) should not be used to justify the higher office rate. The appeal was allowed at £33,500 based on the ancillary relativities applied to the upper floors.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Soho Frames Ltd, represented.