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 November 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 September 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 2023/24 of the Valuation Tribunal Service
  https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/app/uploads/2024/11/VTS-ARA-2023-24.pdf.

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

Latest News

Board Appointments

The Minister for Local Government, Jim McMahon MP, on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister, has appointed Sarah Guerra, Joanne Hadley , Chiew Yin Jones, Clive Quantrill, and Kevin Sadler to the Board of the Valuation Tribunal Service for terms of three years, commencing on 2 December 2024.

I am delighted to welcome our new Board Members. Chew Yin Jones and Joanne Hadley join us as senior members of the Valuation Tribunal for England (VTE), which we administer. Kevin brings with him experience of the wider tribunal world and Clive from the commercial world.

We very much look forward to working with them.

Suzanne McCarthy
Interim Chair of the Valuation Tribunal Service

VALUATION TRIBUNAL SERVICE (WALES)

Web Site

Practitioners are advised to regularly view the Valuation Tribunal Service (Wales) website 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) website at https://www.localtaxationchamber.scot/.

UPPER TRIBUNAL (LANDS CHAMBER) (ENGLAND & WALES)

Listings for W/C 16 December 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=7dd8aee8-eed9-4fce-83fd-7b4f2e0d0922&utm_content=daily.

VALUATION TRIBUNAL (NORTHERN IRELAND)

Practitioners are advised to regularly view the Valuation Tribunal (Northern Ireland) website 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) website 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.