Business Rates Valuations
Rateable values
Apart from properties that are exempt from Business Rates, each non-domestic property has a rateable value which is normally set by valuation officers of the Valuation Office Agency (V.O.A), an agency of HM Revenues & Customs (H.M.R.C). The rateable value of your property is shown on the front of your bill. This broadly represents the yearly rent this property could have been let for on the open market on a particular date. For the revaluation that came into effect on the 1st April 2010, this date was set as 1st April 2008.
An information leaflet which was included with the 2011/12 bill is also available to download from our Linked Documents box.
Valuation and Appeals
The values of all rated properties are shown in the local rating list. You can inspect the list by using the link in the external links section of this page.
The Valuation Office that covers the area of Huntingdonshire is:
Non-Domestic Rating East, Valuation Office Agency, Roseberry Court, Central Avenue, St Andrews Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0HS
Telephone: (03000) 501501.
The Valuation Officer may change the value of a property if he thinks the circumstances of the property have changed. The ratepayer and others who have an interest in the property may also propose a change in the value.
If the ratepayer and the valuation officer do not agree, the matter will be referred to an independent valuation tribunal.
Details on how to appeal against your rateable value are available from the local valuation office at the above address, or at the website, where you can now complete an appeal form directly on-line.
Working from home
If you work at, or from home, you maybe liable to pay business rates on the area used for business purposes and Council Tax for the rest of the property. Further information on this can also be found on the Valuation Office website and there is a leaflet about working at or from home in the Linked Documents section on the right of this page.
Business Link
The Valuation Office and the Department of Communities & Local Government have developed a website called Business Link and the link can be found in the external links box on the right-hand side of this page.
The site is designed to bring together all the information on business rates, that ratepayers might want, in one place. It is also designed to be in an easily accessible format and in jargon-free, everyday language.