2ND FLR NORFOLK HOUSE, SMALLBROOK QUEENSWAY, B5 4LJ
Offices and Premises Decided 24 May 2022 CHG100369008 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants sought a 65% reduction in rateable value for office premises, citing material change of circumstances due to Covid-19 and its effects on the locality. The tribunal held that section 1(4) of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 prohibited any reduction directly or indirectly attributable to coronavirus, and that the exceptions in section 1(5) did not apply as there had been no change to the physical state or mode of occupation of the property itself. The appeals were dismissed as the 2021 Act achieved its purpose to prevent coronavirus-related reductions to 2017 rating list values.
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; John Burvill and Gareth David Jones (Valuation Officer); Kendrick (Valuation Officer)
- Hearing
- 18 May 2022
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