Alison Pishbin v ROGER EDWARD HIBBINS(VO)
Decision date: 1 May 2013
Neutral citation: [2013] UKUT 180 (LC)
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned the rateable value of a ground-floor shop at 28 Regent Road after it was split from an adjoining unit; the appellant sought RV £13,750 while the Valuation Officer maintained £17,000. The Valuation Tribunal rejected the appellant’s reliance on various lettings and comparables it found unreliable or outside the relevant time window, allowed a net residential allowance per flat of £4,000 (after a management deduction), and confirmed the RV at £17,000 effective 30 October 2010. The appeal was dismissed and no costs were awarded.
Ratio decidendi
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Where objective evidence does not show market movement, rental transactions occurring more than 12 months either side of the antecedent valuation date should be given little weight in assessing rateable value at that date; and where a letting includes residential upper parts a net allowance for residential rent (after an appropriate management deduction) should be made in deriving the shop rental element.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal indicated that a comparable letting is of limited evidential value if key lease terms (such as responsibility for outgoings) are unknown, and that assurances by a Valuation Office representative to a landlord about valuation consequences of splitting hereditaments do not determine the valuation exercise.