Tribunals · Preston City Council · 2017 rating list

Cafe Vienna, Fishergate Centre, PR1 8HJ

Café and premises Decided 27 April 2022 CHG100681704 Ken Batty Chartered Surveyors - Sara

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed, leaving the value at the figure the Valuation Officer had already conceded.

Original RV£51,000£374.48/m²

Ratepayer sought£18,000

VO conceded first£47,000−8% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£47,000£350/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 sought a reduction in the rateable value from £47,000 to £18,000, arguing for a reduction in the price per m2 from £350 to £150 and claiming allowances of 5% each for lack of toilet facilities and access/security restrictions due to shopping centre closure at 6pm. The tribunal rejected these arguments, finding the rental evidence (an agreed rent of £55,000 per annum reviewed in 2017 with no change) most compelling, supported by comparable properties within the same shopping centre which had higher rates per m2. The tribunal concluded that the lack of toilets and the shopping centre hours would have been known factors when the lease was negotiated, and were therefore already reflected in the rental value.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Mocca on the Balcony, represented.