Tribunals · Colchester Borough Council · 2017 rating list

310/320, The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, CO4 9YQ

Warehouse and office space Decided 29 August 2023 CHG100706656 Cushman & Wakefield - Richard Proctor/Cushman & Wakefield - Mark Henderson

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.
Original RV£320,000£47.5/m²
Ratepayer sought£237,000
VO conceded first£310,000−3% before the hearing
Tribunal decided£305,000£45/m²

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What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant proposed valuing the property at £45/m² for the whole hereditament with uplifts for office space and a 3.5% end allowance for the split site, seeking to reduce the RV to £237,000. The Valuation Officer adopted a "hybrid" valuation treating the warehouse and offices separately, initially proposing £310,000 with a 5% split allowance. The tribunal accepted the hybrid valuation method as more realistic for a property with limited hypothetical tenants, confirming a RV of £305,000 with a 5% end allowance, which lay between the original £320,000 and the appellant's proposed £237,000.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Linklaters Business Services, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Valuation method · decisive
  • Comparable assessments (tone)
  • Quantum or end allowance
Evidence
Rents, Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions
Cases cited
Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
Hearing
4 August 2023

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