7TH FLR 199 BISHOPSGATE, EC2M 3TT
Offices and premises Decided 19 March 2025 CHG100866034 Ryan Property Tax Services UK Limited/Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants challenged the rateable values of three office floors at 199 Bishopsgate, proposing a reduction from £510/m² to £440/m². The tribunal found that the open market rents agreed on the subject properties less than two years before the antecedent valuation date (1 April 2015) provided the strongest evidence of value, supporting the existing valuations at £510/m². Although comparable properties in nearby buildings showed lower tones (£335/m² to £450/m²), the tribunal concluded these could not carry more weight than the actual rental evidence from the subject building, particularly given that 199 Bishopsgate had been extensively refurbished in 2012 and was likely more modernised than many comparables. The appeals were dismissed.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was SAS Software Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Rental evidence · decisive
- Evidence
- Rents, tone_of_list_comparables
- Cases cited
- Lotus & Delta Ltd v Culverwell (VO) and Leicester City Council [1976] RA 141; Gardiner & Theobold LLP v Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
- Hearing
- 24 February 2025
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