Tribunals · London Borough of Barnet · 2017 rating list

Crown Honda, Hyde Estate Road, NW9 6JX

Car showroom and premises Decided 3 April 2024 CHG100803011 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£340,000£200/m²

Ratepayer sought£297,500

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£340,000£200/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 rateable value from £340,000 to £297,500 by reducing the main space tone of value from £200 to £175 per m2, arguing that the subject's rent was unreliable due to ongoing subsidy from the connected party franchisor Honda. The tribunal found the rental evidence on the subject property itself unreliable due to the subsidisation and attached greater weight to comparable assessments and rental evidence from similar properties (618 Western Avenue and 660-680 Great Cambridge Road) which supported a tone of £200 per m2, and determined the subject's size better aligned to these comparables than to the appellant's preferred comparable at 319 Edgware Road.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Crown Motors Bushey Heath (Distributors) Limited, represented.

Grounds argued

Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
Rental evidence

Evidence: Rents, Settled assessments
Cases cited: Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
Hearing: 5 March 2024

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The tribunal’s decision in full

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