Sixth Floor, 21 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY
Office and premises Decided 1 May 2026 CHG101144922 JMA Chartered Surveyors
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought a reduction in the rateable value from £119,000 to £73,000, arguing the property was a converted domestic building warranting a 27% allowance and should have lower rates. The tribunal found the comparable evidence weak and rejected the 27% domestic conversion allowance due to lack of supporting evidence, but allowed the appeal in part by reducing the RV to £114,000 to correct an erroneous 10% air conditioning uplift that should have been 5% for the comfort cooling system actually present.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Portland Hill Asset Management Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Rental evidence
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 7 January 2026
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