Oliver Rayns Ltd, 106 Queens Road, LE2 3FL
Shop and Premises Decided 5 March 2024 CHG100867828 FHP - Ian Mitchell
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant contended that the appeal property should be valued as an office rather than a shop, citing its actual mode of occupation following conversion from restaurant use in 2021. The tribunal found the property's classification should reflect its actual use at the material day (1 September 2021), not the landlord's economic assumptions about retail potential, and agreed it should be valued as an office based on comparable office properties rather than retail zoning methods.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Oliver Rayns Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Valuation method
- Evidence
- Rents, Earlier tribunal decisions
- Cases cited
- Scottish & Newcastle Retail Limited & Allied Domecq Retailing Limited v R F Williams (VO) RA-480-[1993] (LT); Williams (VO) v Scottish & Newcastle Retail Ltd and another [2001] EWCA Civ 85; Lotus and Delta v Culverwell (VO) and Leicester City Council [1976] RA 141
- Hearing
- 7 February 2024
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