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ADVERTISING SITE 0403 0337 AT, FAIRFIELD PARK, MANVERS WAY, WATH UPON DEARNE, WATH UPON DEARNE, S62 5AA

Advertising rights and premises (digital display, six-sheet bus shelter) Decided 14 November 2024 CHG101096136 Montagu Evans - Richard Wackett

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.
Original RV—
Ratepayer sought—
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£2,550

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 21 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant contended that digital advertising displays should be valued using only the base rates for static bus shelter displays under the VOA Scheme, excluding any uplift for the digital mechanism. The Valuation Officer applied a six times multiplier to reflect the digital format. The tribunal found that digital displays are more valuable than static ones and warrant an uplift, but reduced the multiplier from six to three times the base rates, applying this to the VOA's static bus shelter roadside display scheme values.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Alight Bus Shelter Media Limited, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Valuation method · decisive
Evidence
Settled assessments
Cases cited
Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Fir Mill Ltd v Royton U.D.C; J C Decaux UK Ltd ME v Valuation Officer; Alight Bus Shelter Media Limited v Valuation Officer
Hearing
31 October 2024

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