Tribunals · City of Westminster · 2017 rating list

3 Deanery Street, W1K 1AX

Offices and premises Decided 3 June 2025 CHG101103769 Colliers International - Oliver Dowty

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed, leaving the value at the figure the Valuation Officer had already conceded.

Original RV£94,000£525/m²

Ratepayer sought£55,000

VO conceded first£89,000−5% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£89,000£500/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 challenged the RV of £94,000 for a period office building in Mayfair, initially proposing £80,500 then reducing it to £55,000 based on comparable rental evidence from the neighbouring property at 4-6 Deanery Street. The tribunal found the comparable rental evidence unreliable due to incomplete workings and a discrepancy in the lease area, and considered 4-6 Deanery Street less comparable as it was mixed-use without a lift. The tribunal upheld the VO's reduced assessment of £89,000 (£500 psm), finding it reasonable given the subject property's superior characteristics and position within the range of comparable period properties in the locality (£491-£563 psm).

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was J C BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LTD, represented.