Units 9 And 11, 43-61 Weston Lane, B11 3RR
Workshop and premises Decided 28 November 2022 CHG100668964 Ken Batty Chartered Surveyors - Sara
Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 2 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought a reduction in the rateable value of the industrial workshop from £14,500 to £11,800, arguing for reductions to the unit area rate and various end allowances for physical constraints including unlined walls, low headroom, stanchions limiting layout, poor access and the awkward arrangement of two conjoined units. The tribunal found that the appellant's comparable properties were significantly larger and not closely comparable, rejected the proposed end allowances on the basis that they would have been factored into the rent negotiation and therefore represent double-counting, and determined that the passing rent and comparable rental evidence from properties on the same industrial scheme supported the existing unit area rate of £25/m2. The appeal was dismissed and the rateable value confirmed at £14,500.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Evac & Chair International Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Valuation method · decisive
- Zoning or layout
- Quantum or end allowance
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments, Photographs
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 31 October 2022
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