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UNIT 1 HAWICK CRESCENT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NE6 1AS

Workshop and premises Decided 19 April 2022 CHG100354542 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.
Original RV£26,250£50/m²
Ratepayer sought£19,750
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£26,250£50/m²

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What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought a reduction to £37.50/m² based on the property's March 2014 rent of £22,000 pa (adjusted to £19,700 pa), which analysed to £37.28/m². The Valuation Officer contended that the existing £50.00/m² was reasonable, considering comparable properties and rental market growth through to the 2019 lease renewal. The tribunal, applying the Lotus and Delta principle that the rent on the subject property is the starting point but must be considered alongside comparable evidence, found that the adopted value of £50.00/m² was not unreasonable when measured against comparable aged industrial properties in the locality and was supported by the wider basket of rental evidence, and dismissed the appeal.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was The Yorkshire Tile Company Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Rental evidence · decisive
  • Comparable assessments (tone)
Evidence
Rents, Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions
Cases cited
Lotus and Delta v Culverwell (VO) and Leicester City Council [1976] RA 141; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
Hearing
23 March 2022

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