Tribunals · Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council · 2017 rating list

The Trade Centre Uk, Silverstone Drive, Rowleys Green, Rowleys Green, CV6 6PA

Car supermarket and premises Decided 28 April 2023 CHG100351602 Cooke & Arkwright - Rating

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£1,050,000£100/m²

Ratepayer sought£465,000

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£1,050,000£100/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 challenged the rateable value of £1,050,000 (£100 per m²) for a converted car supermarket, proposing £465,000 (£50 per m²) with a 7.5% access allowance and arguing display spaces should be valued at £100 rather than £240 each. The tribunal found the rent was between connected parties and gave it little weight, but the comparable evidence from retail warehouses (The Range and B&Q at £120-125 per m²) supported the assessment, and Lex Autolease (£305.90 per m² rent) confirmed car supermarket rates were not excessive. The panel dismissed claims regarding scale quantum effects and access difficulties, finding the current assessment reasonable and proportionate.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Trade Centre Group Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

Rental evidence · decisive
Comparable assessments (tone)
Valuation method
Other

Evidence: Rents, Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions
Cases cited: Lotus and Delta v Culverwell
Hearing: 28 March 2023

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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