Facts
3.From a helpful Statement of Agreed Facts and the evidence I find the following facts.4.Kidderminster, the historic home of carpet-making, is the largest town in north Worcestershire on the River Stour, close to Shropshire border. Like many towns, it has in recent years seen the development of an out-of-town retail park (the appropriately named Weavers Wharf) with many of the town’s larger retailers relocating to it from the town centre.5.The appeal property forms the ground floor and basement of the four-storey former Marks and Spencer store on High Street. The first and second floors are the subject of a separate rating assessment that is not before the Tribunal. The four floors covered by the two assessments are let together by the appellant to the retailer Pavers, who in turn share occupation with other retailers. I shall refer to all four floors together as the appeal building.6.The appeal property has a ground floor sales area of 1,386 sqm, with basement storage of 231 sqm. There is service vehicular access to the basement. The frontage is to a pedestrianised section of High Street. A secondary entrance at the rear is accessed from the Rowland Hill shopping centre.7.The upper floors (within the appeal building but not within the appeal property) were linked to the ground floor by an internal staircase. But they are, and were at the Material Day of 1 April 2017, in poor repair – the front section of the first floor, at least in recent times, was sealed off apparently owing to asbestos being present, and the second floor was not accessible. They were assessed at £22,250 RV, in both the 2010 and 2017 rating lists.