Tribunals · West Lancashire Borough Council · 2017 rating list

The Courtyard, 94 Church Road, Tarleton, Tarleton, PR4 6UP

Showroom and premises Decided 26 April 2024 CHG101091965 Ken Batty Chartered Surveyors - Sara

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£37,000

Ratepayer sought£32,250

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£37,000

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 a reduction from £37,000 to £32,250 RV, arguing that an end allowance of 15% should be applied to reflect major disabilities throughout the showroom unit. The tribunal found that the appellant had failed to discharge the evidential burden of proof. Although a rent of £39,000 had been agreed in 2013 (two years before the antecedent valuation date), and the tribunal accepted that the VO's base rate of £36.00/m2 already reflected the property's disabilities, the appellant provided insufficient supporting evidence including no photographic evidence and only a hand-drawn, unscaled plan, and no comparable evidence of similar properties with such allowances.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Ena Mill Tarleton Ltd, represented.