Tribunals · Reigate and Banstead Borough Council · 2017 rating list

Unit 12, Hockley Business Park, Hooley Lane, RH1 6DQ

Various industrial units comprising vehicle repair workshops, workshops, warehouses and a store Decided 25 July 2024 CHG101118274 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 12 industrial units from the 2017 rating list, arguing they were in such a state of disrepair that they were incapable of beneficial occupation on the material date (30 June 2019). The tribunal found that the units had been recently vacated by tenants and that photographs and repair cost reports were dated well after the material date or were based on outdated condition information. The tribunal concluded that the appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence of the condition on the material date, and that the property would likely still be capable of beneficial occupation having been recently tenanted. The appeals were dismissed.

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
Saunders v Maltby; Princes St Ltd (Ipswich) v Bond (VO); Newbigin (Valuation Officer) v SJ & J Monk
Hearing
2 July 2024

Similar decisions

All decisions in Reigate and Banstead 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 property

The tribunal’s decision in full

Download the PDF · Find it on valuationtribunal.gov.uk

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.