Tribunals · Reigate and Banstead Borough Council · 2017 rating list

Unit 11, Hockley Business Park, Hooley Lane, RH1 6DQ

Workshops, vehicle repair workshops, warehouses, and store Decided 25 July 2024 CHG101118271 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—

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 on the grounds they were in such poor repair as to be incapable of beneficial occupation on the material date of 30 June 2019. The tribunal found that the appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence of the condition on the material date, noting that the photographs were undated and the surveyor's report from September 2023 related to units that had been vacant for over four years and therefore likely to have deteriorated further. The tribunal concluded that the units, having been recently occupied and let to tenants at the material date, were capable of beneficial occupation and dismissed the 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
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
Hearing
2 July 2024

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