Tribunals · Blackpool Borough Council · 2017 rating list

11-13 Whitegate Drive, FY3 9AE

Shop and premises Decided 7 November 2024 CHG101102887 Ken Batty Chartered Surveyors - Sara

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.
Original RV£21,750£194.76/m²
Ratepayer sought£18,000
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£21,500

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What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought end allowances for masking, fragmentation, and a double unit classification on a shop premises originally entered at £21,750 RV. The tribunal rejected the fragmentation and double-unit allowances due to insufficient evidence and comparable properties on the same road showing no such allowances, but accepted and increased the masking allowance from 5% to 10% across zones A, B and C after examining the floor layout and photographs, extending it to zone C which the VO had disputed. The tribunal determined £21,500 RV was more reasonable.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Quantum or end allowance
Evidence
Photographs, Measurement survey
Cases cited
Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO)
Hearing
11 October 2024

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