Tribunals · Kirklees Council · 2017 rating list

Lassic Ltd Castle Mills, Bradford Road, BD19 3PS

Factory and premises Decided 8 January 2025 CHG100894836 Gerald Eve LLP - CCA

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£442,500£28/m²

Ratepayer sought£285,000

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£285,000£22.41/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 rateable value of £442,500 (effectively £445,000 in list entry), arguing it should be £285,000. The property is a large stand-alone split-site industrial unit of 16,326m² with poor access, built piecemeal from 1900-1991, in a residential area not close to a motorway. The appellant proposed a rate of £22.41/m² with a 20% end allowance for disabilities (split site, poor access, layout), while the VO defended £28/m². The tribunal found the subject property significantly inferior to comparable properties in the same valuation scheme, which despite their superior quality were valued at only marginally higher rates (e.g. Rixonway at £30/m² versus the subject at £28/m²), demonstrating the original rate was excessive. The tribunal adopted the appellant's proposed rate of £22.41/m² and reinstated the 20% end allowance that had applied in the 2010 list but was not carried forward, resulting in an RV of £285,000.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Lassic Limited, represented.