Tribunals · Leeds City Council · 2023 rating list

Unit 1, Sovereign House, Butterley Street, Butterley Street, LS10 1AW

Units 1 and 1A Sovereign House, Butterley Street, Leeds LS10 1AW Decided 23 December 2025 VT00030040

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£6,800

Ratepayer sought—

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£6,800

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 2 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought to merge two adjacent units and delete them from the 2017 rating list for a period during reconstruction works (10 November 2022 to 1 March 2023), relying on the Newbigin v Monk principle. However, the checks were submitted on 25 October 2024, after the 2017 rating list had closed and could not be altered. The tribunal found it was statutorily prevented from altering the 2017 list and could only certify the transitional values for the units as stated in the certificates (£6,800 for Unit 1 and £8,500 for Unit 1A), which the appellant did not challenge as inaccurate.

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