The Berkeley Square Hotel, 14/15 Berkeley Square, BS8 1HB
Hotels and premises Decided 22 December 2025 CHG101154405 Rabbette
Figures are as stated in the decision, and are values in the 2017 list; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This judgement decided 4 properties together; the figures above are for this appeal's property (THE BERKELEY SQUARE HOTEL, 14/15 BERKELEY SQUARE, BRISTOL, BS8 1HB). Every property is listed below.
The 4 properties in this decision
One judgement covered all of these appeals. Each property’s figures as the judgement states them (2017 list); this appeal’s property is highlighted.
| Property | Original RV | Sought | Tribunal decided | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE WASHINGTON HOTEL, 9-15 ST PAULS ROAD, BRISTOL, BS8 1LX | £74,250 | £58,000 | £67,500 | Dismissed |
| THE BERKELEY SQUARE HOTEL, 14/15 BERKELEY SQUARE, BRISTOL, BS8 1HBThis appeal | £160,000 | £80,000 | £139,000 | Dismissed |
| HOTEL CLIFTON, ST PAULS ROAD, BRISTOL, BS8 1LX | £150,000 | £97,000 | £134,000 | Dismissed |
| 4 RODNEY PLACE, BRISTOL, BS8 4HY | £91,500 | £38,000 | £77,000 | Dismissed |
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant argued that four Clifton hotels should be valued using the comparable method based on rent for part of one subject property (11-13 St Paul's Road at £27,000 pa), seeking significant RV reductions. The tribunal found this rental evidence unreliable due to it being a rent review dated just before the valuation date and relating to only part of the hereditament; the analysis to extrapolate it to the whole property was uncertain. The tribunal accepted the VO's shortened receipts and expenditure method using the agreed FMT figures and the VOA's Category B valuation scale, finding the amended RVs (Washington Hotel £67,500, Berkeley Square £139,000, Hotel Clifton £134,000, 4 Rodney Place £77,000) were reasonable and rejecting the appellant's 15% overtrading adjustment.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Quarter, represented.
Grounds argued
- Rental evidence · decisive
- Valuation method
- Trading receipts (pubs, hotels)
- Evidence
- Rents, Trading accounts, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC); Arma Hotels v Corkish (VO) [2020] UKUT 0103 (LC); Arma Hotels Ltd v Bunyan (VO) [2023] UKUT 3 (LC)
- Hearing
- 1 December 2025
Similar decisions
- Hotel Clifton, St Pauls Road, BS8 1LX — Dismissed, 22 Dec 2025
- 4 Rodney Place, BS8 4HY — Dismissed, 22 Dec 2025
- The Washington Hotel, 9-15 St Pauls Road, BS8 1LX — Dismissed, 22 Dec 2025
- Inn on the Green, 2 Filton Road, Filton, Filton, BS7 0PA — Dismissed, 23 Oct 2024
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