4 Trinity Chambers (Unit 3), Ivy Street, CH41 5EF
Offices and premises Decided 13 December 2024 CHG101075732 Orme Associates - Andrew Hamlett-Orme
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant argued the rateable value was excessive based on the subject property's actual rent of £7,800 per annum (agreed December 2017) and comparable office units in the locality, seeking reduction to £6,000. The tribunal found the lease post-dated the antecedent valuation date by over two years, making it less useful, and placed greater weight on the tone of value of comparable assessments at Trinity Chambers, which all adopted an unadjusted rate of £105/m2. The tribunal was not convinced this rate was unreasonable and dismissed the appeal.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was First For Energy Group Limited, represented.
Grounds argued
- Rental evidence
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner and Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 6 December 2024
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