107 High Street, PE30 1DW

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant, owner of a vacant pre-1900s three-storey building previously occupied by Barclays Bank and then a charity, sought deletion from the rating list on grounds of severe disrepair and uneconomic repair costs. The Tribunal found that while the property was in poor condition, the repairs identified and costed by the appellant (totalling £33,500 when limited to genuine repairs) did not exceed five times the rateable value of £11,500, and therefore were not uneconomic under the statutory test. The property remained capable of beneficial occupation and the appeal was dismissed.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, unrepresented.

Grounds argued

• State of repair or deletion · decisive

Evidence

Expert report, Measurement survey

Cases cited

Princes Street Ltd (Ipswich) v Bond (VO)

Hearing

15 May 2026