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The Hut Group Icon, Manchester, Sunbank Lane, WA15 0TP

Warehouse, office and premises Decided 9 January 2026 CHG101139064 CBRE - Mark Hayes

OutcomeMixed
Original RV£1,080,000
Ratepayer sought£1,080,000
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£1,080,000from 16 Aug 2021

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 5 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant, representing The Hut Group, sought a split site allowance of 7.5% to 10% on the grounds that the site's divisions created additional costs for occupiers (extra equipment, cleaning, security, staff movement time). The tribunal found that while split sites can create some disadvantages, they can also offer advantages (e.g., separating office from warehouse noise, filming studio from industrial disturbance), and the subject property was not split as severely as the comparable properties cited (particularly FC Brown Steel Equipment). The tribunal allowed appeals 2, 3 and 5 in part by granting a 2.5% split site allowance effective from 16 August 2021 onwards, but dismissed appeals 1 and 4 (appeal 4 had been superseded).

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was The Hut.com Limited and The Hut Group, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Quantum or end allowance · decisive
Evidence
Photographs, Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions
Cases cited
FC Brown Steel Equipment Ltd v Karl Hopkins (VO) [2022] UKUT 51 (LC); Domino's Pizza Group Ltd v Andrew Mouland (VO) CHG101094240; Lassic Limited v J Moore (VO) CHG100894836; Molecular Products Limited v Valuation Officer CHG100818530; The Hut.com Limited v Hitchings CHG101075551
Hearing
10 December 2025

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