Tribunals · London Borough of Tower Hamlets · 2017 rating list

Multi Storey Car Park (Exc 6) at Leamouth Peninsular, Orchard Place, e14 0jh

Car park and premises Decided 31 March 2026 CHG101230261 Newmark Gerald Eve LLP

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.
Original RV£139,000
Ratepayer sought—
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£174,000from 15 Sept 2022

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What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought deletion of a multi-storey car park (174 spaces) from the rating list, arguing it was domestic property as a private garage serving residential leaseholders of London City Island under section 66(1)(c) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. The tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding the car park could not reasonably be described as a private garage due to its large scale, shared nature, lack of individual enclosures, and operation as a managed facility under separate control, rather than being a domestic appurtenance with the characteristics of a typical private garage.

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

Grounds argued

  • Relief or exemption
Evidence
None from the ratepayer
Cases cited
John Laing & Son Limited v Assessment Committee for Kingswood Assessment Area & Others; Woolway (VO) v Mazars LLP; Gardiner & Theobold LLP v David Jackson (VO); Barnet & Block v National Parcels Insurance Company Ltd
Hearing
2 March 2026

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