Tribunals · London Borough of Hounslow · 2017 rating list

Town Wharf, Swan Street, TW7 6RJ

Public House and Premises Decided 23 June 2025 CHG101051193 Harris Lamb - James Ward

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV£45,000

Ratepayer sought£11,500

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£11,500from 1 Apr 2017

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, a company running public houses successfully for 250 years, argued that the subject property's fair maintainable trade had significantly declined due to the nearby nursing college campus closure in 2005 and subsequent redevelopment, leading to a proposed RV reduction from £45,000 to £11,500. The Valuation Officer contended the property was mismanaged and comparable pubs in the locality supported the higher value, but the tribunal found no evidence the property was not operated efficiently and determined the RV should be calculated on fair maintainable trade, allowing the appeal and reducing the assessment to £11,500 effective from 1 April 2017.

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