Factory and Premises, Bisley Office Equipment, Caswell Way, Reevesland Industrial Estate, Newport NP19 4PW
Factory and Premises Decided 26 February 2021 693525104002/541NV10/1 Valuation Tribunal for Wales Conneely Tribe
Figures are as stated in the decision, and are values in the 2010 list; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This judgement decided 2 properties together and does not tie its figures clearly to this appeal, so the figures above are for the first property it lists. Every property is listed below.
The 2 properties in this decision
One judgement covered all of these appeals. Each property’s figures as the judgement states them (2010 list); this appeal’s property is highlighted.
| Property | Original RV | Sought | Tribunal decided | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory and Premises, Bisley Office Equipment, Caswell Way, Reevesland Industrial Estate, Newport NP19 4PWThis appeal | £950,000 | £950,000 | £1,040,000 | Allowed in part |
| Warehouse and Premises, Unit C-d New Venture Buildings, Caswell Way, Reevesland Industrial Estate, Newport NP19 4PW | £165,000 | — | — | Allowed in part |
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant challenged the 2010 Rating List entries for a factory and a warehouse on opposite sides of a public highway, arguing they should be merged into a single hereditament because they were connected by an enclosed bridge housing a conveyor system for transporting manufactured office furniture. The Tribunal accepted the appellant's case that the bridge created sufficient geographical unity to satisfy the test in Woolway v Mazars, as it was specifically designed for the mode and category of use (product transport) and pierced both buildings to create interconnection. The Tribunal merged the properties and valued the resulting single hereditament at £1,040,000 as of 2 September 2013, allowing the appeal in full.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was F C Brown (Steel Equipment) Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Split or merge the assessment
- Evidence
- Expert report, Photographs, Settled assessments
- Cases cited
- K Shoe Shops Ltd v Hardy; Lotus and Delta Limited v Culverwell; RF Williams v Scottish & Newcastle Retail Ltd; Specialeyes Plc v Felgate; Garton v Hunter; Burroughs Machines Ltd v Mooney; Ladies' Hosiery and Underwear Ltd v West Middlesex Assessment Committee; Futures London Ltd v Stratford; Newbign v SJ & J Monk; Woolway v Mazars; Harding and Clements v Secretary of State for Transport; Roberts v Backhouse Jones Ltd; Burn Stewart Distillers plc v Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board; Tata Chemicals Europe Ltd v Hughes; Roxburghe Estates v Assessor for Scottish Borders Council; Newbold v Bibby; Cemex UK Operations Ltd v Thomas O'Dwyer; Gilbert v S. Hickinbottom & Sons LTD; Irving Brown & Daughter v Smith
- Hearing
- 4 November 2020
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