9-10, Cross Street, PR1 3LT
Offices and Premises Decided 24 May 2022 CHG100364704 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 26 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought a 65% reduction in rateable value for an office building (£145,000 RV), claiming material change of circumstances due to covid-19 and its effects on the locality and public behaviour. The tribunal dismissed all 26 appeals, holding that section 1(4) of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 clearly prohibited any reduction attributable directly or indirectly to coronavirus, and none of the statutory exceptions in section 1(5) applied.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Vistra International Expansion Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Change of circumstances · decisive
- Change of circumstances
- covid
- Evidence
- None from the ratepayer
- Cases cited
- Clement v Addis Ltd; Chilton-Merryweather v Hunt; Pavlou (Valuation Officer); The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and others; John Burvill and Gareth David Jones (Valuation Officer); Kendrick (Valuation Officer)
- Hearing
- 18 May 2022
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