1st-2nd Floors, Tyndale House, 134a Cowley Road, 134a Cowley Road, OX4 1JH

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the completion notice that brought the property into the 2017 rating list on 9 January 2020 at £88,500 RV, arguing that no structural alteration had been made to the first and second floors that would qualify it as a 'new building' under section 46A LGFA 1988. The tribunal found that whilst external cladding and windows had been replaced, these were not structural alterations, the internal layout and character had not changed, and the property could have been let either together or separately as before, therefore the completion notice was invalid. The appeal was allowed and the entry deleted.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Wilton Place Properties Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

• Validity of the proposal · decisive

Evidence

Measurement survey, structural_reports, Photographs

Cases cited

Delph Property Group Ltd v Alexander; Tull Properties v Gloucestershire County Council; Porter v Trustees of Gladman SIPPS; Newbigin v S J & J Monk; Jackson v Canary Wharf Limited

Hearing

29 February 2024