Tribunals · Leeds City Council · 2017 rating list

1ST FLOOR LHS RIVERSIDE STUDIOS, WHITEHALL WATERFRONT, 2 RIVERSIDE WAY, 2 RIVERSIDE WAY, LS1 4EH

Offices and premises Decided 24 May 2022 CHG100365117 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£145,000

Ratepayer sought—

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£145,000from 23 Mar 2020

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 appellants sought a 65% reduction in the rateable value of office premises citing material changes of circumstances related to coronavirus, including physical manifestations in the locality and public anxiety about COVID-19. The tribunal dismissed the appeal on the preliminary legal point that section 1(4) of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 prohibited consideration of any matter directly or indirectly attributable to coronavirus, and no exception under section 1(5) applied to the property.

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); Canary Wharf office oversupply
Hearing: 18 May 2022

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