Unit 22 Heckford Street Business Centre, Heckford Street, E1W 3JL

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the rateable value on the grounds that the rental evidence and comparable property assessments supported a lower value. The tribunal found that the subject property's rent of £29,000 per annum (analysed at £150.20 per m²) should be the starting point, and that comparable property Unit 23 (assessed at £138 per m²) with an additional £17 per m² for quantum supported the appellant's proposed rate of £155 per m². The tribunal rejected the Valuation Officer's adjustment for the mezzanine floor as amounting to double counting and considered the tribunal's key comparable evidence did not support the £180 per m² rate. The appeal was allowed and the RV reduced to £32,000.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Express Plant Hire Limited, represented.

Grounds argued

• Rental evidence · decisive
• Comparable assessments (tone)

Evidence

Rents, Settled assessments

Cases cited

Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson

Hearing

19 January 2023

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