Unit 6, Falcon Close, Hawkins Lane, Hawkins Lane, DE14 1PT
Light industrial unit and premises Decided 28 April 2026 CHG101273155 Frank Smith
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant argued the assessed value of £16,750 was excessive and should be reduced to £13,000, citing post-Covid market anomalies and comparable properties. The tribunal found the base price of £73.00 per m2 was supported by direct rental evidence and consistent tone within the locality, rejecting the appellant's comparables as outside the relevant scheme or materially earlier in date. However, the tribunal allowed the appeal in part by removing a 10% uplift applied to office accommodation on the ground floor and mezzanine, as these areas lacked features normally associated with conventional offices and were suitable only for limited ancillary use, reducing the RV to £16,500.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Burton Metal Recycling, represented.
Grounds argued
- Rental evidence
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Quantum or end allowance · decisive
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments, Earlier tribunal decisions, Photographs
- Cases cited
- Lotus & Delta v Culverwell
- Hearing
- 20 April 2026
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