Tribunals · City of Westminster · 2017 rating list

(& 1-3 OLD COMPTON ST) BST & GRD FLR, 99A, CHARING CROSS ROAD, WC2H 0DP

Shop and premises Decided 15 October 2024 CHG101108537 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£104,000£1915/m²

Ratepayer sought£79,500

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£104,000£1915/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 a reduction in RV from £104,000 to £79,500 and removal of the 5% return frontage uplift, relying on reduced assessments of nearby comparable properties on Charing Cross Road that had been agreed at £1,600/m2. The Tribunal found the strongest evidence was the rent paid on an adjacent property in January 2015 (£120,000 per annum, analysing to £2,270/m2) which supported the existing base rate of £1,915/m2, and determined the return frontage uplift was justified by the property's prominent corner location. The appeal was dismissed as the appellant failed to produce sufficient evidence to justify the claimed reduction.

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