Booksale, Waterside, CV37 6BA

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant, a shop operator, argued that the subject property's rateable value should be reduced from £500/m2 ITZA to £315/m2, relying on the passing rent of £50,000 per annum (£314/m2) and contending the property was located outside the main retail area. The tribunal accepted the VO's evidence of comparable rents from Bridge Street, High Street, Sheep Street and Wood Street agreed at or near the antecedent valuation date (April-December 2021), which ranged from £536.77/m2 to £966.11/m2, and assessment evidence showing a pattern of values reducing away from Bridge Street but with the subject property valued appropriately at the lower end. The tribunal found the rate of £500/m2 reasonable based on the basket of evidence, treating the subject rent as a starting point but not giving it determinative weight where other comparable evidence was available.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was The Works Stores Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

• Rental evidence
• Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive

Evidence

Rents, Settled assessments

Cases cited

Lotus & Delta v Culverwell

Hearing

22 January 2026

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