THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE, CLOWES STREET, CHADDERTON, CHADDERTON, OL9 7LY

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the rateable value of a mixed-use workshop and office property, arguing that the tone prices applied to different aged sections were excessive and that the quality allowance for the 1980s building was insufficient. The tribunal accepted the appellant's rental and comparable assessment evidence, finding that unadjusted prices of £28/m² (1960s), £29/m² (1970s), and £35/m² (1980s) with a 7.5% quality allowance were fair and reasonable. The tribunal preferred this evidence over the Valuation Officer's reliance on a connected-party lease rent, reducing the assessment to £27,250 RV.

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

Grounds argued

• Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
• Rental evidence
• Quantum or end allowance

Evidence

Rents, Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions, Photographs, Expert report

Cases cited

Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson

Hearing

25 August 2022

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