Tribunals · Portsmouth City Council · 2017 rating list

Parking Space, 10 Wimpole Court, PO1 1QT

Car parking space and premises Decided 1 October 2024 CHG101110664 Wilks Head & Eve LLP - James Lewin

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.
Original RV£500
Ratepayer sought£0
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided—

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 2 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

Portsmouth City Council sought deletion of two car parking spaces from the 2017 rating list on the grounds that they were domestic property forming part of the curtilage of residential flats. The tribunal found that the parking spaces were not appurtenances to the residential flats because they could be licensed to any individual, including non-local residents, with no automatic right for flat residents to obtain a space. Consequently, the tribunal determined the spaces were correctly classified as non-domestic hereditaments and the appeals were dismissed.

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

Grounds argued

  • Relief or exemption
Evidence
None from the ratepayer
Cases cited
Laing v Kingswood Assessment Committee; Garton v Hunter; Lotus and Delta Limited v Culverwell; Reeves v Tobias; Coxhead v Brentwood UDC; Porter VO v Gray Son & Cook and Cambridge Corporation; Woolway v Mazars; Cardtronics and Others v Sykes and Others; LB Southwark v Ludgate House Ltd
Hearing
13 September 2024

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