BUFAB UK LTD, LINCOLN ROAD, HP12 3RQ

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant challenged the VO's increase of the main space price to £75/m² and RV to £158,000 from the original £133,000 at £60/m². The appellant argued the property remained a 1950s construction with only cosmetic refurbishment, whilst the VO claimed it was more akin to a 1980s building. The tribunal found that the property's rent, being outside the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, carried less weight, and that the refurbishment works were merely cosmetic without sufficient evidence of substantial structural works. The tribunal allowed the appeal, reducing the main space price back to £60/m² and setting the RV at £128,000 effective from 1 April 2023, relying on comparable properties including Greens Printing Services and Hampden Building.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was BUFAB (UK) LIMITED, represented.

Grounds argued

• Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
• Building works or disturbance nearby

Evidence

Rents, Settled assessments, Photographs, Expert report

Cases cited

Lotus and Delta v Culverwell; Saintta Global Lawyers (UK) Limited v Rickets; Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson

Hearing

16 September 2026

Similar decisions

• 9, VALLEY CENTRE, GORDON ROAD,, HP13 6EQ — Dismissed, 5 Dec 2025
• Grant & Stone Ltd, Stocklake, HP20 1DA — Allowed in part, 21 Nov 2025
• THE WORKS, WYCOMBE ROAD, STOKENCHURCH, STOKENCHURCH, HP14 3RR — Dismissed, 4 Nov 2025
• UNIT 2 DRAKES FARM, DRAKES DRIVE, LONG CRENDON, LONG CRENDON, HP18 9BA — Allowed, 4 Nov 2025

All decisions in Buckinghamshire Council · Industrial and warehouses nationally