Tribunals · London Borough of Hackney · 2017 rating list

BT INLINK O/S STOKE NEWINGTON HIGH STREET, N16 7PL

Advertising right and premises Decided 10 February 2025 CHG101097184 Colliers International - Guy Richardson

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£6,600

Ratepayer sought£0

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£6,600from 1 Jun 2019

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

BT sought deletion of an advertising rights hereditament on a StreetHub unit, arguing that the right to use digital screens for advertising was not a right to use land within the statutory definition, and therefore section 64(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 was not engaged. The tribunal found that the StreetHub structure falls within the definition of land in section 64(11), which includes "a sign, hoarding, frame, post or other structure erected on land", and that the screens constitute a right to use land for advertising purposes. Accordingly, the hereditament properly remained in the rating list.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was British Telecommunications Plc, represented.