Tribunals · London Borough of Enfield · 2017 rating list

Troubadour Meridian Water Studios, Unit 8, Stonehill Business Park, Hawley Road, Hawley Road, N18 3QU

TV and Film Studios and Premises Decided 12 May 2025 CHG101184551 Colliers International - Laurence Hatchwell

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.
Original RV—
Ratepayer sought—
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£442,500£78/m²

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What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought a reduction in rateable value from the 2017 rating list entries for a TV and film studio, proposing an unadjusted base rate of £60 psm for the main stages and seeking end allowances of up to 100% for anticipated flood relief works on adjacent land. The tribunal accepted that TV and film studios should attract a 30% uplift over industrial unit rates and found comparable properties supported a stage rate of £78 psm. On the flood relief works claim, the tribunal found these did not become a material reality until July 2023, which falls outside the 2017 rating list period, and that occupancy records showed the property was successfully let during the material days in question, providing insufficient evidence of value impairment at the time. All appeals were dismissed.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Troubadour Theatres Limited, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Comparable assessments (tone)
  • Quantum or end allowance
Change of circumstances
flood relief works
Evidence
Settled assessments
Cases cited
Dawkins (VO) v Ash Brothers and Heaton Ltd; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO)
Hearing
31 March 2025

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