Tribunals · Reigate and Banstead Borough Council · 2017 rating list

Hockley Tyres Units 7 & 8, Hockley Business Park, Hooley Lane, RH1 6DQ

Industrial workshops, vehicle repair workshops, warehouses and store Decided 25 July 2024 CHG101118258 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 industrial units from the 2017 rating list, arguing they were incapable of beneficial occupation due to poor repair and uneconomical restoration costs. The tribunal found that the units had been recently occupied on the material date (30 June 2019) and were not so dilapidated as to be incapable of beneficial occupation. The surveyor's report, dated September 2023 and based on March 2015 conditions, provided little evidence of the units' condition on the material date, and many of the listed works were improvements rather than essential repairs. The tribunal concluded there was insufficient evidence demonstrating the units were incapable of beneficial occupation for their designated industrial uses.

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
Evidence
Photographs, Expert report
Cases cited
Newbigin (Valuation Officer) v SJ & J Monk [2017] UKSC14; Saunders v Maltby [1976] 19 RRC 33; Princes St Ltd (Ipswich) v Bond (VO) [2002] RA 212; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC); Denton v TH White Ltd [2014] 1 WLR 3926
Hearing
2 July 2024

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