Tribunals · City of Westminster · 2017 rating list

BST-GND FLRS 173-175 CLEVELAND STREET, W1T 6QR

Office with basement and premises Decided 27 November 2024 CHG100547851 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£82,500

Ratepayer sought£76,500

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£76,500£377.98/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 argued that a 10% allowance should be applied to the ground floor office due to the lack of privacy from windows being level with street pavement, creating a "goldfish bowl effect". The Valuation Officer contended no allowance was justified because railings set the windows back from the pavement. The tribunal allowed the appeal, finding that comparable hereditaments (14 George Street, 10 Lower Grosvenor Place, and 1 Chapel Place) with similar characteristics had 10% allowances applied, and concluded a 10% allowance was warranted for the subject property.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Shah Dodhia & Co, represented.