British Sky Broadcasting,, Grant Way, TW7 5QD
TV Studios, Offices and Premises Decided 27 March 2026 CHG101121687 GL Hearn Limited - Star 2017
Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure.
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought a 2.5% fragmentation allowance for the subject property, which comprised nine office buildings across a 37-acre site acquired and constructed over multiple decades. The tribunal found that the piecemeal construction and multiple separate buildings created genuine disadvantages for any hypothetical tenant, requiring additional costs for security and maintenance and loss of time moving equipment and personnel between buildings. The tribunal applied a 2.5% allowance for fragmentation from 1 April 2017, taking reference from The Hut Group tribunal decision. The original valuation of £10,360,000 was reduced to £9,750,000 by applying 10% quantum and 2.5% fragmentation allowances.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was SKY UK LIMITED, represented.
Grounds argued
- Zoning or layout · decisive
- Quantum or end allowance
- Floor area or measurement
- Evidence
- Settled assessments, Expert report
- Cases cited
- FC Brown Steel Equipment Ltd v Karl Hopkins; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 6 February 2026
Similar decisions
- Sky, Grant Way, TW7 5QD — Allowed in part, 27 Mar 2026
- Sky, Grant Way, TW7 5QD — Allowed in part, 27 Mar 2026
- Clockhouse Place, Bedfont Road, TW14 8HD — Allowed, 1 Feb 2024
- EMC TOWER, GREAT WEST ROAD, TW8 9DF — Allowed in part, 21 Jul 2023
All decisions in London Borough of Hounslow · Offices 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 propertyThe tribunal’s decision in full
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.