Tribunals · Reigate and Banstead Borough Council · 2017 rating list

Watson Coaches Unit 5, Hockley Business Park, Hooley Lane, RH1 6DQ

Workshop and premises Decided 25 July 2024 CHG101118192 Stiles Harold Williams Partnership LLP - Daud Sadiq

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.
Original RV—
Ratepayer sought—
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided—from 30 Jun 2019

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 12 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought deletion of twelve units at Hockley Business Park from the 2017 rating list on the grounds that they were in such a state of disrepair as to be incapable of beneficial occupation on the material day of 30 June 2019. The tenant had no repairing obligations and vacated the units between that date and shortly before, leaving them damaged. The tribunal found that the evidence provided (dated photographs and a surveyor's report from September 2023 based on 2015 condition data) did not demonstrate the condition of the units on the material day. Since the units had been recently occupied and only recently vacated, the tribunal was not satisfied that they had deteriorated to the point of being incapable of beneficial occupation by 30 June 2019, and dismissed all appeals.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Anderson Management (UK) Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

  • State of repair or deletion · decisive
Evidence
Photographs, Expert report
Cases cited
Newbigin (Valuation Officer) v SJ & J Monk [2017] UKSC 14; Saunders v Maltby [1976] 19 RRC 33; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC); Princes St Ltd (Ipswich) v Bond (VO) [2002] RA 212
Hearing
2 July 2024

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