Tribunals · City of Westminster · 2017 rating list

3 RD FLR 32, OLD BURLINGTON STREET, W1S 3AT

Offices and premises Decided 13 February 2025 CHG100822384 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.
Original RV£56,000£625/m²
Ratepayer sought£44,750
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£56,000£625/m²

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What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the 2017 rating list valuation of £56,000 (£625/m2), proposing £44,750 (£500/m2), arguing the subject property's 2014 rent was below the valuation rate. The tribunal found the subject property's rent must be tested against comparable rents in the same building; the first, second, and fourth floor rents agreed at the AVD supported the £625/m2 tone, as did a fourth-floor let post-AVD, and therefore the existing valuation was not unreasonable.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was LTAS Capital LLP, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Rental evidence
  • Comparable assessments (tone)
Evidence
Rents, Settled assessments, Photographs
Cases cited
Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner and Theobold LLP v Jackson
Hearing
28 January 2025

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