Tribunals · Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council · 2017 rating list

R/O 43,, High Street, Brownhills, Brownhills, WS8 6HH

Store and premises Decided 26 April 2024 CHG100891898 Rabbette Chartered Surveyors - John Sharpe

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.

Original RV£4,150£30.75/m²

Ratepayer sought£1,850

VO conceded first£3,700−11% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£2,600£20.75/m²

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the RV of £4,150, contending it should be £1,850 based on a main-space price of £12.50/m². The Valuation Officer had reduced it to £3,700. The tribunal found the appellant's comparable evidence from similar industrial properties persuasive and determined a base rate of £20.75/m² with a 10% deduction for poor construction was appropriate, resulting in an RV of £2,600.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Leisure Automatics Properties, represented.