First Floor sOUTH, New Court Buildings, EC4Y 9BE
Office and premises Decided 21 October 2025 CHG101094023 JMA Chartered Surveyors
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant contended that a corridor between rooms F002 and F004 should be excluded from the rateable value assessment as it constituted permanent circulation space rather than usable area. The tribunal allowed the appeal, finding that the corridor was neither blocked off nor reserved exclusively for the appellant's use and should be excluded under RICS Code of Measuring Practice paragraph 3.15(b) as a permanent circulation area, reducing the RV from £31,750 to £25,750.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was One Essex Court Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Floor area or measurement · decisive
- Evidence
- Measurement survey, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 29 September 2025
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