Tribunals · Harlow District Council · 2017 rating list

AKHTER HOUSE, PERRY ROAD, CM18 7PN

Factory and premises Decided 19 October 2022 CHG100569329 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£151,000£45/m²

Ratepayer sought£118,000

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£118,000£35/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 a factory and premises in Harlow, proposing a reduction from £151,000 to £118,000 based on a rate of £35 per m² rather than the original £45 per m². The tribunal found that the original assessment was excessive. Placing significant weight on recently agreed assessments of comparable properties in the Templefields industrial area, all agreed at £35 per m², and finding the comparable rental evidence on Faber & Faber (one year before the antecedent valuation date) also supported a lower rate, the tribunal allowed the appeal and determined the rateable value at £118,000.

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