Tribunals · London Borough of Southwark · 2017 rating list

INLINK UNIT O/S ST GEORGE THE MARTYR CHURCH, BOROUGH HIGH STREET, SE1 1JA

Advertising right and premises Decided 10 February 2025 CHG101097803 Colliers International - Guy Richardson

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£6,600

Ratepayer sought—

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

The appellant sought deletion of an advertising right hereditament on a BT StreetHub unit, arguing that the right to use digital screens for advertising is not a right to use land within the definition of section 64(11) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, and that the screens constitute plant rather than land. The tribunal found that the right to use the screens is a right to use land within the statutory definition, as the StreetHub structure falls within "a sign, hoarding, frame, post or other structure erected on land," and rejected the distinction between the structure and its screens.

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