Tribunals · Preston City Council · 2017 rating list

91B FISHERGATE, PR1 2NJ

Café and premises Decided 14 October 2021 CHG100390343 Ken Batty Chartered Surveyors - Sara

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.

Original RV£53,500£800/m²

Ratepayer sought£38,750

VO conceded first£53,000−1% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£50,350£800/m²

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the rateable value of £53,500, seeking a reduction to a base rate of £700/m² from £800/m², with additional allowances for masking, fragmentation, and frontage recess, proposing an overall RV of £38,750. The tribunal found the £800/m² base rate well-supported by comparable properties on Fishergate and rental evidence at the antecedent valuation date (1 April 2015), rejecting the reduction to £700/m². However, the tribunal awarded a 5% end allowance to reflect the disadvantages arising from the property being listed (limiting reorganisation flexibility), its poor layout, and the frontage recess, reducing the RV from £53,500 to £50,350.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Brucciani, represented.