4 Abernant Road, Aberdare, CF44 0PY
Offices and premises Decided 5 June 2024 694035577358/537NV17/31 Valuation Tribunal for Wales
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant sought deletion of an office building valued at £14,750 from the 2017 rating list, effective from 25 May 2018, arguing that the property was uninhabitable and unsafe, requiring demolition. The tribunal found that whilst the property was in poor condition, the photographs produced were taken four years after the proposed deletion date, the asbestos report addressed only removal costs for reconstruction rather than repair to lettable condition, the appellant had not provided a detailed schedule of works with costings, and under paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, works which a reasonable landlord would consider uneconomic are excluded from the assumption of reasonable repair. The tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding the condition did not justify deletion from the list.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was an individual ratepayer, unrepresented.
Grounds argued
- State of repair or deletion · decisive
- Evidence
- Photographs, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Vines Ltd v de Mauny; Newbiggin v S J & J Monk; Jackson v Canary Wharf Limited
- Hearing
- 8 May 2024
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