Tribunals · Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council · 2017 rating list

British Telecommunications Plc, Telephone Exchange, ME20 7AZ

Offices and premises Decided 17 December 2025 CHG101183615 Colliers International - Laurence Hatchwell

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£25,250

Ratepayer sought£8,800

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£25,250

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant argued that parts of the first floor of the Aylesford Telephone Exchange should be moved from the local list to the central list under regulation 8 of the Central Rating List (England) Regulations 2005, specifically rooms containing routers and cables used for telecommunications. The tribunal found that the photographs and evidence provided did not satisfy the regulatory definition requiring the hereditament to "comprise" (be made up of) equipment for monitoring, processing or transmission of communications, as the rooms were largely empty or used for storage and there was insufficient evidence that the routers and cables were anything more than standard office equipment, particularly given that other BT offices with routers were valued in the local lists.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was British Telecommunications Plc, represented.