GND F-2 PAIR S, DOCTOR JOHNSONS BUILDINGS, TEMPLE, TEMPLE, EC4Y 7BA
Office and Premises Decided 17 July 2025 CHG101057109 JMA Chartered Surveyors
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants proposed reduced unit base rates of £350/m² for Victorian and £315/m² for Georgian properties to challenge the original £400/m² and £380/m² rates. The tribunal, reviewing rental evidence from thirteen properties and considering the agreed value differential between property types, found the original rates were unreasonable but rejected the full reduction. The tribunal applied reduced rates of £380/m² for Victorian and £360/m² for Georgian properties, representing a 5% and 10% reduction respectively, and dismissed claims for fragmentation allowances and disputes over floor area measurement.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was One Essex Court Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Floor area or measurement
- Split or merge the assessment
- Evidence
- Rents, Photographs, Settled assessments
- Cases cited
- Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
- Hearing
- 18 June 2025
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