1011 & 1013 Carmarthen Road, Fforestfach, Swansea SA5 4AE
Self-catering accommodation (two parts of a semi-detached house) Decided 28 June 2022 685534563260/285NV17 Valuation Tribunal for Wales Knight Frank
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought division of a single rating assessment covering two self-catering units into separate assessments, arguing they were operated independently and separated by a boundary wall. The tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding that although the units were contiguous and operated independently, they were under common occupation and direct intercommunication was physically possible without crossing public highway; the low boundary wall did not prevent access between the parts, and the hereditament could be ringed as one on a plan, satisfying the geographical test under case law.
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Grounds argued
- Split or merge the assessment · decisive
- Evidence
- Photographs
- Cases cited
- Woolway (VO) v Mazars; Hughes (VO) v York Museums and Gallery Trust; FC Brown Steel Equipment Ltd (Bisley Office Eq) v Hopkins (VO)
- Hearing
- 15 June 2022
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