4 Rodney Place, BS8 4HY
Hotels and premises Decided 22 December 2025 CHG101154420 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 (4 RODNEY PLACE, BRISTOL, BS8 4HY). 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 1HB | £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 4HYThis appeal | £91,500 | £38,000 | £77,000 | Dismissed |
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought to value four Clifton hotels using the comparison method based on rental evidence from part of one property (11-13 St Paul's Road at £27,000 pa), arguing a rate of £1,123.86 per DBU. The tribunal found this rent review evidence unreliable—being dated 15 years earlier, relating to only part of one hereditament, and lacking information on how it was negotiated. The tribunal upheld the Respondent's valuation using the receipts and expenditure method, finding the actual turnover figures fairly represented FMT and rejecting the appellant's unsupported 15% overtrading adjustment. The tribunal considered the Respondent's range points and percentages reasonable given each property's characteristics.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Quarter, represented.
Grounds argued
- Rental evidence
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Valuation method
- Trading receipts (pubs, hotels)
- Evidence
- Rents, Trading accounts
- 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
- The Berkeley Square Hotel, 14/15 Berkeley Square, BS8 1HB — Dismissed, 22 Dec 2025
- Hotel Clifton, St Pauls Road, BS8 1LX — 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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