Ian Hazel Funerals, 274 Lichfield Road, B74 2UH
Funeral home and premises Decided 4 December 2024 CHG100874707 Rabbette Chartered Surveyors
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant challenged the rateable value of a funeral home, seeking reduction from the VO's conceded £54,000 to £39,500. The tribunal found that whilst the VO's comparable funeral home assessments in the Birmingham area had unit rates ranging from £85–£105/m², these properties were in superior locations. The tribunal adopted the appellant's unit rate of £77.50/m² (used for a comparable funeral home in Coventry with similar characteristics) and reduced the car parking assessment from £300/space to £150/space to align with local funeral home comparables. The appeal was allowed in part, resulting in a tribunal RV of £41,000.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Ian Hazel Funerals Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Valuation method
- Evidence
- Settled assessments, Photographs, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Lotus & Delta v Culverwell (VO); Williams (VO) v Scottish and Newcastle Retail Limited; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v Jackson (VO)
- Hearing
- 14 November 2024
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