Rm Lg.03, At Lwr Grd Flr, 181 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4EG

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the 2017 rating list entries for 47 serviced office suites at 181 Queen Victoria Street, London, seeking a reduced unadjusted base rate of £350 psm instead of the listed £450 psm. The tribunal found the current assessments unreasonable and accepted the appellant's comparable evidence, particularly rents from nearby comparable properties and settlement evidence from Upper Thames Street and Queenhithe. The tribunal preferred the appellant's analysis of rental evidence, noting the subject property (originally built 1890, refurbished 2017) was less modern than some comparables like 71 Queen Victoria Street (built 2014), and determined a revised base rate of £425 psm was appropriate.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Beaumont Business Centres Limited, represented.

Grounds argued

• Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive

Evidence

Rents, Settled assessments, Photographs

Cases cited

Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson

Hearing

31 January 2025

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