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245			_aOrange PCS v Bradford (VO)
260			_c2004
520			_a[2004] EWCA Civ 155, 17 February 2004. The CA has provided new legal guidelines on assessing the rateable value of mobile phone mast sites. The Court dismissed a challenge by mobile phone company Orange PCS to LT decision (RA/53/2001 Abs66933) assessing the rateable value of a small site within the limits of a public highway at Worksop, at £1 100. Orange had argued that in reaching that assessment, the LT had ignored the provisions of the Telecommunications Act 1984 Sched 2. Orange contended that no value should be given to the land because under the Telecommunications Code (contained in Sched 2 of the Act) it was entitled to free occupation of the site. The LT found that just because the Code did not provide for payment for the occupation of the land did not mean that such occupation had no value in terms of the rating hypothesis as set out in the Local Government Finance Act 1988 Sched 6 para 2(1). Orange appealed. "Held" the appeal was dismissed. A telecommunications operators' statutory right to occupy land within the limits of a public highway free of charge was not to be taken into account when assessing the rateable value of such land. View judgment at www.courtservice.gov.uk.
590			_aABS
650			_aORANGE PCS LTD V BRADFORD (VO)
650			_aPOPLAR ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE V ROBERTS
650			_aTELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1984 SCHED 2
650			_aTELECOMMUNICATIONS CODE
650			_aRATEABLE VALUE
650			_aRATING ASSESSMENTS
650			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE ACT 1988 SCHED 6 PARA 2(1)
650			_aTELECOMMUNICATIONS MASTS
650			_aHEREDITAMENTS
650			_aTELECOMS COMPANIES
650			_aTELECOMMUNICATIONS SITES
690			_aPROPERTY-PROPERTY APPRAISAL AND VALUATION
856			_uhttps://www.courtservice.gov.uk/judgmentsfiles/j2294/orange-v-bradford.htm _zView judgement on the Court Service website...
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