Trustees of Paisley Golf Club v Assessor for Strathclyde Region
Language: English Series: Scots Law Times ; 1986 SLT 493-500(8)Publication details: 1986Subject(s): Summary: Lands Valuation Appeal Court 10 May 1985. At a hearing before the valuation appeal committee the assessor conceded that a golf course should be excluded from the valuation roll, but maintained that the clubhouse, clubmaster`s house and greenkeeper`s house should be entered in the roll. The ratepayers contended that all 3 houses should be excluded from valuation on the grounds that they were used for purposes ancillary to those of the park according to Local Government Act 1963 s19 . The committee allowed the appeal in relation to the greenkeeper`s house, excluding it from valuation, but decided that the clubhouse and clubmaster`s house should remain on the valuation roll. The ratepayers appealed against the decision and the assessor appealed against the exclusion of the greenkeeper`s house from valuation. Held that the committee had misdirected themselves in concluding that 1) the clubhouse building was not used for purposes ancillary to those of the park, it being subservient and an| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Lands Valuation Appeal Court 10 May 1985. At a hearing before the valuation appeal committee the assessor conceded that a golf course should be excluded from the valuation roll, but maintained that the clubhouse, clubmaster`s house and greenkeeper`s house should be entered in the roll. The ratepayers contended that all 3 houses should be excluded from valuation on the grounds that they were used for purposes ancillary to those of the park according to Local Government Act 1963 s19 . The committee allowed the appeal in relation to the greenkeeper`s house, excluding it from valuation, but decided that the clubhouse and clubmaster`s house should remain on the valuation roll. The ratepayers appealed against the decision and the assessor appealed against the exclusion of the greenkeeper`s house from valuation. Held that the committee had misdirected themselves in concluding that 1) the clubhouse building was not used for purposes ancillary to those of the park, it being subservient and an