Tribunals · Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council · 2017 rating list

23 Ashley Road, WA14 2DP

Funeral directors Decided 19 September 2025 CHG101060508 Hart Commercial Surveyors Ltd/Leigh Antony Benton

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£14,750

Ratepayer sought£13,000

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£21,000£110/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 argued the funeral directors property should be valued as a retail unit using zoning on a comparable price of £285/m² (RV £13,000), contending the mortuary was removable and the space could be used as retail. The Valuation Officer maintained the property was correctly assessed on an overall basis at £110/m² (RV £21,000) as a funeral directors, noting it was fully fitted out for that use and rental evidence showed a premium was paid over nearby retail units. The tribunal agreed the property was a funeral directors at the material date and the overall valuation method was appropriate.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Fixter Funeral Services Ltd, represented.