Units 2 and 3 Bank Farm, Calveley Hall Lane, Calverley, Calverley, CW6 9LB
Offices and Premises Decided 24 May 2022 CHG100444030 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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 the rateable value of an office building (£145,000) based on material change of circumstances arising from Covid-19, arguing that physical manifestations in the locality (such as the town becoming a ghost town with reduced pedestrian traffic) should be reflected in valuation under paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988. However, the tribunal determined that section 1(4) of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 clearly prohibited any reduction in assessment that is directly or indirectly attributable to coronavirus, and that the appellants' grounds and evidence fell within this prohibition. The tribunal held that the 2021 Act achieved its intended purpose and no exceptions under section 1(5) applied, so all 26 related appeals were dismissed.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Vistra International Expansion Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Change of circumstances
- 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 and others; John Burvill and Gareth David Jones (Valuation Officer); Kendrick (Valuation Officer)
- Hearing
- 18 May 2022
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