UNIT 3 QUEENS COURT FLETCHERS WAY, FLETCHERS WAY, FOREST TOWN, FOREST TOWN, NG19 0FN
Offices and Premises Decided 24 May 2022 CHG100389430 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants sought a 65% abatement to the rateable value of the lead office property, arguing material changes in circumstances (primarily Covid-19 related impacts and public anxiety) justified the reduction under paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988. The Tribunal held 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, and the appellants' evidence fell within this prohibition. The appeals were dismissed as the 2021 Act had effectively prevented any reductions to reflect coronavirus effects.
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
- Expert report
- 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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