Wren Kitchens, Unit 2, NE28 9PD
Retail warehouse and premises Decided 19 March 2024 CHG100691175 Lambert Smith Hampton - M Oates
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 argued that the rateable values should be reduced by applying a lower main space rate of £275m2 rather than £350m2, based on analysis of rent-free periods and capital contributions. The Valuation Officer had already reduced the rate to £300m2 during the challenge process. The tribunal preferred the VO's approach to averaging the rent-free period over the full ten-year lease term and found that £300m2, when applied to the subject properties' actual area figures, supported the original assessed values. The tribunal considered the rental evidence and comparable properties (particularly Unit 1 in the same terrace at £350m2) as supporting the original assessments, and dismissed the appeals.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Sofology Ltd, 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
- 20 February 2024
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