GND FLR TANNERY BUILDING, 471, KIRKSTALL ROAD, LS4 2QD

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the rateable value of £40,000 (£120/m²) for a retail unit, proposing £28,750 (£85/m²), relying primarily on a settlement of a different property at 229 Kirkstall Road and arguments about lack of retail frontage. The tribunal found the settlement property was significantly different (purpose-built retail warehouse/supermarket) and therefore not a proper comparable, and determined that vacant and to let the subject property would function as an office (requiring no structural alterations), making the first floor office in the same building at £140/m² the persuasive comparable. The tribunal dismissed the appeal, confirming the RV of £40,000 was reasonable.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Wed2B Limited, represented.

Grounds argued

• Rental evidence
• Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive

Evidence

Rents, Settled assessments

Cases cited

Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson

Hearing

8 July 2024

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