86-87 Duke Street, CM1 1JP
Shop and premises Decided 19 August 2025 CHG100949943
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant company sought deletion of the property from the 2017 rating list as of 31 May 2022, arguing it was in poor repair (structurally unsafe, requiring major works including full rewire, roof repairs, asbestos removal) following two years of vacancy and would be uneconomical to repair. The tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding that whilst the property was in poor repair, it remained a hereditament capable of beneficial occupation on the basis of reasonable repair assumption (excluding uneconomic repairs), and that a hypothetical landlord would undertake the necessary works to let it, rather than its intended residential conversion.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was PC Partnership (South East) Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- State of repair or deletion
- Evidence
- Photographs, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Newbigin (VO) v Monk; Jackson (VO) v Canary Wharf Ltd
- Hearing
- 31 July 2025
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