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Check, challenge and appeal your rateable value

Check

The ‘rateable value’ is set by Valuation Office Agency (VOA). You can:

  • check the rateable value for your property
  • request changes to details if you think they are wrong
  • view the valuation details of other properties

Check the rateable value for your property

Challenge

If you don’t agree with the outcome of a check, you can:

  • challenge the rateable value
  • request that a property is taken out of the rating list

Appeal

Following a challenge, if you are still not satisfied you can appeal free of charge. To appeal:

  • give clear reasons for your appeal
  • include the address and postcode of properties you’re comparing with.

Read guidance on how to challenge and appeal

Rating advisers

Ratepayers do not have to be represented in discussions about their rateable value or their rates bill, and appeals against rateable values are free of charge. However, if you want to be represented, you may wish to contact the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation who are qualified and regulated by rules of professional conduct designed to protect the public.
 

 

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