Tribunals · Peterborough City Council · 2017 rating list

Hebden School Of Dancing, Unit 18 To 19, PE1 4YZ

Dance School and Premises Decided 3 May 2024 CHG100845807 Bird and Howes - William Stevens

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.
Original RV£43,750£220/m²
Ratepayer sought£24,500
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£24,500£122/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 argued that the property should be valued according to its mode and category of occupation as a dance school, not as a retail warehouse. The tribunal found that while the property was physically capable of being returned to retail use with only minor alterations (removal of sprung floor and partition walls), the rental evidence demonstrated a clear decline in the retail market at the area with rents falling from £44,000 to £12,996 pa. The tribunal accepted the appellant's valuation of £24,500 RV (£122/m2) based on the declining rental market evidence, rather than the original £43,750 RV (£220/m2).

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Hebden School of Dancing Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

  • mode or category occupation · decisive
  • Rental evidence
  • Comparable assessments (tone)
Evidence
Rents, comparable_properties, Photographs, Expert report
Cases cited
Scottish & Newcastle Retail Limited & Allied Domecq Retailing Limited v R F Williams; Williams v Scottish & Newcastle Retail Ltd; Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Fir Mill Ltd v Royton UDC and Jones
Hearing
22 April 2024

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