Gnd Flr 40-41, Berkeley Street, W1J 8EW

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant, a car dealership operating from a retail unit on Berkeley Street, challenged the rateable value assigned to the ground floor premises. The appellant contended the Zone A rate should be £1,200 per m² (or £620 per m² on an overall basis) rather than the VO's £1,500 per m², citing the rebus sic stantibus principle regarding the property's physical state and comparable properties. The tribunal found the property should be valued on a zoned basis at 452.90 m² but reduced the Zone A rate to £1,450 per m² (rather than £1,200 or £1,500) by reference to comparable properties including Grd Flr 52 Berkeley Street, resulting in an RV of £337,500 from 8 July 2019 onwards.", <parameter name="represented">true

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was HR OWEN DEALERSHIPS.

Grounds argued

• Zoning or layout
• Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
• Floor area or measurement

Evidence

Rents, tone_of_list_comparables

Cases cited

Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Scottish & Newcastle Retail Limited & Allied Domecq Retailing Limited v R F Williams; The Appeal of Manning (VO); RA/27/2019 David Jackson (VO); Ballcroft Estates Ltd. v. Virk (VO); Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO)

Hearing

2 September 2025

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