Wharfside Leisure Complex, 13 Lifford Lane, B30 3JH
Studio and Premises Decided 7 July 2026 CHG101394371
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant company sought to reduce the rateable value of its studio unit within Wharfside Leisure Complex from £16,750 to £10,043 by applying differential rates across different areas. The tribunal accepted the valuation officer's evidence of comparable rents within the complex, which supported a tone of £90.00 per m² on an overall basis, and rejected the appellant's proposed method of applying lower rates to ancillary areas as the rental evidence indicated an overall approach was appropriate for this complex.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was MAKING CHANGE STUDIOS LTD, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone) · decisive
- Valuation method
- Relief or exemption
- Evidence
- Rents, tone_of_list_comparables
- Cases cited
- Lotus and Delta v Culverwell
- Hearing
- 12 June 2026
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