Tribunals · Wales · Denbighshire · 2017 rating list

Montague Burton Ltd, 48-50 High Street, Rhyl LL18 1ET

Shop and premises Decided 23 May 2019 683030695978/541NV17/11 Valuation Tribunal for Wales

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.

Original RV · 2017 list£50,000

Ratepayer sought£15,250

VO conceded first£28,750−43% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£28,750

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 £50,000 to £15,250 per annum, arguing that the High Street had suffered significant decline due to online shopping and retail park competition, that no tenant would take the large property at the claimed rental value, and that the VO's 15% size discount was arbitrary and unsubstantiated by market evidence. The Valuation Officer conceded a reduction to £28,750, applying £200 Zone A (agreed between the VOA and rating surveyors) with a 15% size allowance. The tribunal allowed the appeal only in part, accepting the VO's agreed reduction and finding that the appellant had failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify the larger reduction claimed, and that the £200 Zone A and 15% size allowance were fair and reasonable.

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