Tribunals · Wales · Neath Port Talbot · 2017 rating list

The Dillwyn Arms, Herbert Street, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4EB

Public house and premises Decided 7 December 2018 693030545320/192N17/26 Valuation Tribunal for Wales

OutcomeAllowedThe tribunal reduced the rateable value.

Original RV · 2017 list£27,750

Ratepayer sought£10,000

VO conceded first£14,500−48% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£10,400from 1 Apr 2017

Figures are as stated in the decision, and are values in the 2017 list; a dash means the document does not state that figure.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant sought a reduction in rateable value from £27,750 to £10,000 for the Dillwyn Arms public house and premises in Pontardawe, arguing that the Valuation Officer's Fair Maintainable Trade (FMT) estimate of £225,000 was excessive and unsupported by actual trading evidence and comparable properties. The Valuation Officer reduced his position to £14,500 but the tribunal found his FMT estimate still too high, particularly when compared with similarly situated properties such as the Castle Inn. The tribunal allowed the appeal and determined an RV of £10,400 based on revised FMT figures of £50,000 for wet trade, £60,000 for dry trade, and £50,000 for accommodation.

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