Tribunals · Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council · 2017 rating list

Lookers, Mandale Road, TS17 6AW

Car showroom and premises Decided 7 February 2025 CHG101100215 Knight Frank - Joanne Corney

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.

Original RV£108,000£120/m²

Ratepayer sought£81,000

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£81,000£90/m²

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 to reduce the rateable value from £108,000 (at £120 p/m2) to £81,000 based on comparable car showrooms at secondary locations and evidence of the secondary location market. The tribunal accepted comparable evidence from two car showrooms in the immediate locality (Caledonian at £80 p/m2 and Chapel Street at £90 p/m2) as more reliable than general reports, and adopted £90 p/m2 with a 5% air-conditioning adjustment, resulting in an agreed reduction to £81,000.

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

Grounds argued

Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive

Evidence: Rents, Expert report
Cases cited: Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT (LC)
Hearing: 7 January 2025

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