Tribunals · City of Westminster · 2017 rating list

2 ND-5TH FLOORS 12-13, WELLS MEWS,, W1T 3HE

Offices and premises Decided 22 September 2025 CHG101143370 Ryan Property Tax Services UK Limited/Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.
Original RV£845,000£650/m²
Ratepayer sought£780,000
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£780,000£600/m²

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 argued that the subject property's rateable value of £845,000 (at £650 per m²) was excessive due to its inferior location in a back-alley mews and lower quality compared to comparable properties on Wells Street. The tribunal found that although no rental evidence was available, reliance on tone of comparable properties was appropriate, and determined that the subject property's location and condition aligned more closely with the Rathbone Street comparable (valued at £600 per m²). The appeal was allowed and the rateable value reduced to £780,000 (£600 per m²).

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was ADYEN UK LTD, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
Evidence
tone_of_list_comparables
Cases cited
Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
Hearing
27 August 2025

Similar decisions

All decisions in City of Westminster · 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 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.