Tribunals · Huntingdonshire District Council · 2017 rating list

1 A KESTREL PLACE, PE29 6FQ

Warehouse and premises Decided 30 October 2023 CHG100880426 Altus Group

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.
Original RV—
Ratepayer sought—
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided—from 15 Jun 2022

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What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought deletion from the 2017 rating list of a warehouse and premises on the grounds that a programme of repair works (soft strip out, electrical work, partition demolition, mezzanine demolition, and floor coating) lasting eight weeks made the property incapable of beneficial occupation. The tribunal found that on the material date (15 June 2022), the works were only in early stages with the mezzanine demolition not yet commenced, so the warehouse space remained capable of beneficial occupation. The tribunal dismissed the appeal, holding that a hereditament existed and that the works fell to be disregarded as repair assumptions under Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Aegon UK Property Fund Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

  • State of repair or deletion · decisive
Evidence
Photographs, Expert report
Cases cited
Newbigin (VO) v Monk; Jackson (VO) v Canary Wharf Ltd; Aviva Investors v Bunyan (VO)
Hearing
13 October 2023

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