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Case No: LC-2024-703
AN APPEAL AGAINST A DECISION OF THE VALUATION TRIBUNAL FOR ENGLAND
5 June 2025
TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007
RATING – valuation – alteration of 2017 rating list – distribution warehouse – rental evidence – evidence of other assessments - end allowance – appeal allowed – assessment determined at rateable value £825,000
BETWEEN:
ROBERT DYAS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Appellant
-and-
MS J MOORE
(VALUATION OFFICER)
Respondent
Hemel Portal,
Swallowdale Lane,
Hemel Hempstead,
Herts, HP2 7EA
Mrs Diane Martin TD MRICS FAAV and Mr Mark Higgin FRICS FIRRV
16 April 2025
Royal Courts of Justice
Mr Laurence Hatchwell for the appellant
Mrs Mandy Franklin for the respondent
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The following cases were referred to in this decision:
Arma Hotels Ltd v Dawn Bunyan (VO) [2023] UKUT 00003 (LC)
Futures London Limited v Stratford (VO) [2005] RA 75
Lamb (VO) v Go Outdoors Ltd[2015] UKUT 366 (LC)
Lotus and Delta Limited v Culverwell (VO) and Leicester City Council [1976] RA 141
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- Introduction
- The facts
- The appellant’s occupation and lease
- The statutory context
- Valuation of distribution warehouses for rating
- The Parties’ arguments
- Expert evidence
- Selection and weighting of evidence
- Analysis of the rent for the Property and Amazon, Swallowdale Lane
- Rental growth
- Tone of the list
- End Allowance
- Conclusions
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