UNIT 1, THE ORBITAL CENTRE, SOUTHEND ROAD, SOUTHEND ROAD, IG8 8HH
Warehouse and premises Decided 4 November 2025 CHG101170183 Ryan Property Tax Services UK Limited
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought deletion of the property from the rating list from 20 March 2023 during a scheme of works that rendered it incapable of beneficial occupation. The respondent argued the works constituted repairs, which would not justify deletion under the statutory definition. The tribunal found the works went far beyond repair and amounted to redevelopment: they included removal of office and mezzanine spaces, complete replacement of all mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, installation of new concrete flooring, removal of features not replaced, and addition of new features such as solar panels. The cost of £507,496 was 6.15 times the rateable value. The tribunal concluded the totality of works fell within Monk redevelopment and allowed the deletion.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was AVIVA LIFE & PENSIONS UK LTD, represented.
Grounds argued
- State of repair or deletion · decisive
- Evidence
- Photographs, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Newbigin (VO) v S J & J Monk; Jackson (VO) v Canary Wharf Ltd; Colour Weddings Ltd v Roberts (VO); Aviva Investors v Bunyan (VO); Carey Group Plc v Ricketts (VO); BNPPDS(J) Ltd and BCI Ltd (as Trustees of the Blackrock Industrial Trust) v Hitchings (VO)
- Hearing
- 7 October 2025
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