UNIT 12A WORLD CARGO CENTRE, BUILDING 332, GATWICK AIRPORT, RH6 0SQ
Warehouse and premises Decided 25 July 2025 CHG101116645 Ryan Property Tax Services UK Limited/Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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 deletion of Unit 12a from the 2023 Rating List, arguing the property was neither complete nor ready for occupation as it lacked power supply and lighting. The tribunal allowed the appeal, finding the property did not meet the threshold of full completion required by established case law (Porter and Aviva v Whitby), and could not be validly re-entered into the Rating List following deletion without either a tenant in occupation or a valid completion notice. The tribunal ordered deletion with effect from 1 April 2023.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Segro Public Limited Company, represented.
Grounds argued
- Split or merge the assessment
- Validity of the proposal · decisive
- Evidence
- Photographs, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Aviva v Whitby (VO) [2013] UKUT 0430 (LC); Porter (VO) v Trustees of Gladman SIPPS [2011] RA 33
- Hearing
- 30 June 2025
Similar decisions
- The Innovation Centre, Manor Royal, RH10 9QY — Allowed in part, 9 Aug 2021
- UNITS 2-3,, THE FARADAY CENTRE,, FARADAY ROAD,, FARADAY ROAD,, RH10 9PL — Allowed in part, 14 Dec 2020
All decisions in Crawley Borough Council · Industrial and warehouses nationally
Is your own rateable value in line?
A free check compares a property with the assessments around it and says plainly whether there is anything worth pursuing.
Check a propertyThe tribunal’s decision in full
Decision © Crown copyright, published by the Valuation Tribunal Service under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and reproduced unaltered. This site does not index the names of private individuals that appear in decisions. Information, not advice.