Tribunals · Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · 2023 rating list

6160 KNIGHTS COURT, SOLIHULL PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS PARK, BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS PARK, B37 7WY

Offices and premises Decided 24 March 2026 CHG101218228 Ryan Property Tax Services UK Limited

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.
Original RV£56,500£170/m²
Ratepayer sought£53,000
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£53,000£160/m²

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 4 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellants challenged the £170 per m2 tone applied to four office units at Birmingham Business Park, seeking £160 per m2. The tribunal found that rental evidence from a comparably-sized property (6270 Bishop Court) at £162.11 per m2, combined with the adopted tone of larger properties in the respondent's evidence, which analysed to £172-£202 per m2 but were assessed at £160 per m2, supported the lower rate. The tribunal allowed the appeals and altered the RV's to £160 per m2 with effect from 1 April 2023.

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

Grounds argued

  • Rental evidence
  • Comparable assessments (tone)
Evidence
Rents, Settled assessments
Cases cited
Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson
Hearing
27 February 2026

The tribunal’s decision in full

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