Trinity Works, 78 Back Hamlet, IP3 8AR
Workshop and premises Decided 13 June 2024 CHG100884810 Rabbette Chartered Surveyors
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant challenged the rateable value of £40,500 and proposed £20,000 based on application of a lower main space tone of £12.50 per m², and also sought a 10% allowance for a material change of circumstances due to road closure. The tribunal found the subject was correctly placed in Valuation Scheme 359806 but that the respondent (VO) had failed to provide sufficient comparable evidence to support the £24 per m² tone, so applied the lowest rate in the scheme of £20 per m² for main space, resulting in a RV of £29,500. The tribunal dismissed the material change of circumstances claim as the road closure would not materially affect a hypothetical rental bid given alternative access routes and the commonplace nature of road works in the area.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Titchmarsh & Goodwin Fine Furniture Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Change of circumstances
- Change of circumstances
- road closure
- Evidence
- Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 3 June 2024
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