Housmans Ltd, Housmans, SY6 6BX

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant contended the property should be valued as a restaurant at £10,250 RV on a price per m² basis (£150/m²), arguing it had been valued this way in the 2010 list and disputing the change in valuation method. The Valuation Officer maintained it should be valued as a licensed café/bar using the fair maintainable trade method at £28,500 RV, citing its physical characteristics, trade split (42.6% wet/57.4% dry), A4 planning use, and Food Hygiene Rating classification as a pub/bar/nightclub. The tribunal found the appellant's comparable properties were not relevant, upheld the FMT approach as the correct method under the Approved Guide and Rating Manual guidance, and dismissed the appeal.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Artemis Leisure Limited, represented.

Grounds argued

• Valuation method · decisive
• Comparable assessments (tone)

Evidence

Settled assessments, Photographs

Cases cited

Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)

Hearing

6 July 2022