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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought deletion of the property from the 2017 rating list for 3 months following its conversion from offices to consulting rooms, arguing that refurbishment works (heating, sanitation, lighting and flooring) were necessary for safe and hygienic operation and that the property was incapable of beneficial occupation until complete. The tribunal accepted the Valuation Officer's argument that the works were improvements rather than repairs and did not render the property uneconomically repairable or incapable of beneficial occupation under the rating hypothesis, which assumes a property in reasonable repair. The appeal was dismissed.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, represented.
Grounds argued
- State of repair or deletion · decisive
- Evidence
- None from the ratepayer
- Cases cited
- Aviva Investors v Bunyan; Thomas and Davies (Merthyr Tydfil) Limited v Denly; Porter v Trustees of Gladman Sipps
- Hearing
- 6 July 2023
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