Tribunals · Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council · 2017 rating list

F1 Hand Car Wash, Oldham Road, M35 0BH

Hand car wash and premises Decided 24 January 2023 CHG100745503 RVA Surveyors - Faye Aspinall

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed, leaving the value at the figure the Valuation Officer had already conceded.

Original RV£22,000£25/m²

Ratepayer sought£11,250

VO conceded first£15,250−31% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£15,250£25/m²

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought to reduce the RV from £22,000 (already reduced by the VO to £15,250) to £11,250, arguing for a main-space rate of £18.50/m2 instead of the applied £25/m2, and requesting a 5% end allowance for shared access. The tribunal, applying Lotus and Delta principles, found that while the subject property's rent of £36,000 per annum was the starting point, the VO's comparable properties demonstrated that £25/m2 was reasonable for hand car washes in the locality, and that neither of the appellant's comparables were sufficiently reliable or analogous. The tribunal dismissed the appeal, confirming the RV at £15,250.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, represented.

Grounds argued

Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
Quantum or end allowance

Evidence: Rents, Settled assessments, Photographs
Cases cited: Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
Hearing: 13 January 2023

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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