Tribunals · Reigate and Banstead Borough Council · 2017 rating list

Unit 15-16, Hockley Business Park, Hooley Lane, RH1 6DQ

Workshop, vehicle repair workshop, warehouse and store Decided 25 July 2024 CHG101118277 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, arguing they were in such a state of disrepair on the material day (30 June 2019) as to be incapable of beneficial occupation, and that repair works were uneconomical. The tribunal found that the units had been recently vacated from tenancy occupation and that there was insufficient evidence demonstrating their condition on the material day to justify deletion. The tribunal concluded the units remained capable of beneficial occupation as industrial workshops, warehouses, or stores, and that the repair works proposed by the appellant included improvements rather than essential repairs.

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, Measurement survey
Cases cited
Saunders v Maltby; Princes St Ltd (Ipswich) v Bond (VO); Newbigin (Valuation Officer) v SJ & J Monk; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO)
Hearing
2 July 2024

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