Beau Property, Third Floor Suite A, SL7 1YL

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought deletion of an office suite from the 2023 rating list, arguing that extensive strip-out works removing suspended ceilings, integral lighting and raised access flooring as part of a wider refurbishment scheme had rendered it incapable of beneficial occupation. The tribunal found that the works were not ordinary repair but radical alteration removing essential components necessary for office use, and that at the material day (3 November 2023) the property lacked the physical attributes to constitute a rateable hereditament. The statutory repair assumption did not apply as the logically prior question was whether the property was capable of beneficial occupation at all.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Beau Property (Marlow) Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

• State of repair or deletion

Evidence

Photographs, Expert report

Cases cited

Porter v Trustees of Gladman Sipps; Thomas & Davies v Denly; Newbigin v Monk; Jackson v Canary Wharf; Aviva Investors v Bunyan; BNPPDS(J) Limited and BCI Limited v Hitchings

Hearing

2 March 2026

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