4 Carters Square, ST14 7FN
Shop and Premises Decided 8 April 2026 CHG101387223
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant, a coffee shop owner, challenged the rateable value of £24,500 based on a Zone A rate of £260 psm, proposing £14,750 (£150 psm). The Valuation Officer had already reduced it to £20,500 (£215 psm). The tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding that the subject property's rent from a new lease effective May 2021 was the best evidence, supporting the £215 psm Zone A rate. The tribunal rejected the appellant's arguments regarding comparables outside the immediate locality and current vacant properties (which were post the material day of 1 April 2023), and confirmed that features like air-conditioning and customer toilets were appropriately valued in line with other local assessments.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, unrepresented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Valuation method
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell
- Hearing
- 23 March 2026
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