Tribunals · Great Yarmouth Borough Council · 2017 rating list

Derrick Services Ltd, Shuttleworth Close, NR31 0NQ

Offices and premises Decided 24 May 2022 CHG100382901 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£145,000

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 proposed a 65% reduction in rateable value on the grounds of material change of circumstances resulting from Covid-19 pandemic effects. The tribunal dismissed all 26 appeals on the preliminary legal point that section 1(4) of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 prohibited taking account of any matter directly or indirectly attributable to coronavirus. The tribunal held that the 2021 Act had achieved its stated purpose and no reduction could be made to reflect coronavirus effects, including indirect effects such as changed public behaviour and Covid anxiety.

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); Karen Kendrick (VO)
Hearing: 18 May 2022

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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