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Why have you valued my property based on 2008 values?
The valuation date is set two years before the revaluation comes into effect.
- The 2010 valuations are based on the value on 1 April 2008
- The 2005 valuations were based on the value on 1 April 2003
- The 2000 valuations were based on the value on 1 April 1998
- And so on...
This gives us time to collect the information we use to support our valuations and to prepare all the valuations before we publish the rating lists.
All business and non-domestic properties are valued on the same date – the valuation date.
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