Tribunals · Babergh District Council · 2017 rating list

Rvm Plumbing & Heating, Unit 9-10, CO10 2XX

Industrial unit and premises Decided 15 February 2024 CHG101054605

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed, leaving the value at the figure the Valuation Officer had already conceded.

Original RV£12,000£50.94/m²

Ratepayer sought£11,000

VO conceded first£11,500−4% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£11,500£46.31/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 sought to reduce the rateable value from £12,000 to £11,000 by having two former office areas reclassified and revalued at lower rates reflecting their current use as works offices and internal storage. The VO conceded reclassification of the offices as works offices at the workshop rate of £46.31/m2, reducing the RV to £11,500, but maintained that internal storage should be valued at the same rate as the workshop rather than at 50% of that rate. The tribunal found the VO's revised valuation reasonable, noting that the former mezzanine storage was a different type of space and that both former offices had been appropriately valued at the workshop rate with no additional quality premium warranted.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was RVM Plumbing and Heating, unrepresented.