VALUATION TRIBUNAL SERVICE (ENGLAND)

Website

Practitioners are advised to regularly view the Valuation Tribunal Service website at https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/.

Guidance

• The Consolidated Practice Statement that took effect on 1 April 2024
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/app/uploads/2024/04/Consolidated-Practice-Statement-2024.pdf.

• The Consolidated Practice Statement (Explanatory Notes) that took effect on 1 April 2024
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/app/uploads/2024/04/Explanatory-Note-2024.pdf.

• The booklets on Council Tax and Non-Domestic (including the Council Tax Manual)
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/guidance-booklets/. 

• The ‘well-known’ cases held by the Valuation Tribunal Service in their library (which do not need to be included, in full, within a bundle of evidence)
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/vte-guidance/. 

• The advice on Remote Hearings
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/how-remote-hearings-work/.

• The ‘Valuation in Practice’ newsletter published in August 2024
  https://www.valuationtribunal.gov.uk/about-us/publications-policies/valuation-in-practice/.

Corporate Documents

• Minutes from the Valuation Tribunal Board meeting held on 25 July 2024
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/about-vts/corporate-publications/.

• Minutes from the Valuation Tribunal Users’ Group Meeting held on 5 June 2024
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/about-vts/corporate-publications/.

• Statistics for the period 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/about-vts/corporate-publications/.

• Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23 of the Valuation Tribunal Service 
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/app/uploads/2024/02/E02881198_HC-449-VTS-ARA-2022-23_Accessible.pdf.

• Corporate Plan 2022-25 incorporating the 2022-23 Business Plan
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/corporate-plan-2022-25/.

• Corporate Plan 2023-26 incorporating the 2023-24 Business Plan 
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/corporate-plan-2023-26/.

VALUATION TRIBUNAL SERVICE (WALES)

Web Site

Practitioners are advised to regularly view the Valuation Tribunal Service (Wales) web site at http://www.valuation-tribunals-wales.org.uk/.

Website & Social Media

Social media posts can be found on:-

• Facebook: Tribiwnlys Prisio Cymru - Valuation Tribunal for Wales - Home | Facebook.

• Twitter: Tribiwnlys Prisio Cymru - Valuation Tribunal Wales (@vtwtpc) / Twitter.

• LinkedIn: Tribiwnlys Prisio Cymru - Valuation Tribunal for Wales | LinkedIn.

All website and social media information is available in Welsh and English.

Appeal Forms, Listings, Decisions & General Information

A wide variety of general information is readily available online to practitioners and tribunal users, including:-

• The latest appeal forms, so that appellants can register appeals if they do not accept Billing Authorities’ decisions on their Council Tax liability (including Reduction Scheme appeals)

  • Council Tax Liability.

  • Council Tax Reduction.

• Future appeal listings and previous tribunal decisions: Valuation Tribunal Wales Public Portal.

• Booklets on Non-Domestic Rating and Council Tax appeals: Guidance.

• Protocols on how best to undertake cases at the Valuation Tribunal for Wales, including the required preparation for video hearings: Best Practice Protocols.

• Corporate information, including annual reports and Welsh language reports: Publications.

LOCAL TAXATION CHAMBER (SCOTLAND)

Practitioners are advised to regularly view the Local Taxation Chamber (Scotland) web site at https://www.localtaxationchamber.scot/.

UPPER TRIBUNAL (LANDS CHAMBER) (ENGLAND & WALES)

Listings for W/C 28 October 2024 can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/upper-tribunal-lands-chamber?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=84fbcace-511c-4ef8-a198-2832cf1ba87f&utm_content=daily.

VALUATION TRIBUNAL (NORTHERN IRELAND)

Practitioners are advised to regularly view the Valuation Tribunal (Northern Ireland) web site at https://www.judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decisions/type/nivt_decision.

LANDS TRIBUNAL (NORTHERN IRELAND)

Practitioners are advised to regularly view the Lands Tribunal (Northern Ireland) web site at https://www.judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decisions/type/lands_decision.

FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TRUBUNAL

The Judicial Appointments Commission have been asked to identify candidates to recommend for the posts of Fee-paid Valuer Chairmen and Fee-paid Valuer Members of the First-tier Tribunal, Residential Property Tribunal. These roles are open to chartered surveyors who are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. This is an excellent opportunity to sit on a wide variety of interesting cases dealing with applications, appeals and references relating to disputes over property and land (with Chairmen drafting the final tribunal decision). 

Full job details, including daily rate and terms and conditions, can be found on the vacancy page. Applications will be open from 21 November 2024 to 12 December 2024.

We’re also running a pre-application seminar on 5 November 2024. This will be online via Microsoft teams and sign up is open now at this link: Valuer Chairs and Members of the First-tier Tribunal, Residential Property Tribunal Pre-Application Seminar 2024 - Judicial Careers.