Tribunals · City of Wolverhampton Council · 2017 rating list

Sbs Trailers, 21 Macrome Road, WV6 9HD

Factory and Premises Decided 7 August 2025 CHG101083577 Rabbette Chartered Surveyors

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.
Original RV£60,500£17.5/m²
Ratepayer sought£42,500
VO conceded first£49,750−18% before the hearing
Tribunal decided£49,000£13.5/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 challenged an RV of £60,500 on the basis that areas added after a December 2024 inspection had been previously excluded from the 2010 Rating List as incapable of beneficial occupation, and disputed relativities applied to certain spaces. The tribunal found the evidence demonstrated the property remained in poor repair with no change in condition between 2010 and 2017, and that the respondent failed to justify including previously excluded areas. The tribunal allowed the appeal in part, reducing the RV to £49,000 by applying zero relativities to the disputed newly-added areas whilst maintaining relativities for other disputed sections.

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

Grounds argued

  • Floor area or measurement · decisive
  • Comparable assessments (tone)
Evidence
Measurement survey, Photographs, Expert report
Cases cited
Barnard & Barnard v Walker (VO) 1975 RA 383; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
Hearing
9 July 2025

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