Working with our client we devised an empty rates mitigation strategy involving temporary occupation of the property resulting in savings of circa £17,000 in empty rates to our client in the current year.

We appealed the 2010 rating assessment on the grounds that the rateable value was excessive and successfully achieved a reduction in the rateable value of more that 30%, resulting in significant savings for our client.

This property was recently purchased by a client and we appealed against rateable value on the grounds of a material change in circumstance resulting in a reduction in the rateable value from £69,000 to £60,000.

A modern single storey industrial estate in prominent position fronting East Lancs Road where we appealed against the rateable value of £126,000 and had this reduced to £92,000.

The property had been vandalised and was suffering from subsidence/structural defects and had been acquired by a developer. We appealed the rateable value of circa £75,000 and successfully reduced this to £0.

A modern office block located in a business park location undergoing substantial structural alteration and repair. The rateable value of £800,000 was reduced to £0.00 for a period of 9 months during construction work.

On the grounds that the property was incapable of beneficial occupation, we successfully appealed the assessment reducing the Rateable Value of circa £150,000 to £0.

Acting on behalf of a developer client who acquired the premises as a residential development site, we successfully appealed the assessment reducing this from a rateable value in excess of £50,000 to £0 resulting in a substantial savings to our client of circa £100,000.