Unit 3 Riversway Motor Park, Admiral Way, PR2 2JZ
Car showroom and premises Decided 9 September 2025 CHG101214214 Rowland Burkitt Chartered Surveyors - James Burkitt
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant argued the unadjusted area rate should be £110/m² based on the subject property's passing rent of £149,963 per annum (£113.63/m²), while the VO contended £150/m² was appropriate considering car showroom characteristics and comparable properties. The tribunal allowed the appeal in part, finding the VO's £150/m² unreasonable but the appellant's £110/m² too low, instead adopting £130/m² as striking the right balance by giving appropriate weight to the actual rent while acknowledging an uplift for improved market conditions between the lease date and valuation date.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Swansway Garages Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Rental evidence · decisive
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Valuation method
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments, tone_of_list_comparables
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
- Hearing
- 11 August 2025
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