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The VOA wants to help customers provide the right information when making a Check, and the following focuses on how to do this for shops that are zoned for valuation purposes.
What to expect when the Valuation Office Agency visit and measure non-domestic property.
Find out how the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) calculates rateable values for shops and high street businesses.
Provides guidance on planning for retail and other town centre uses.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in interpreting the Non-Domestic Rating (Definition of Qualifying Retail, Hospitality or Leisure Hereditament) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/1093) for the purposes of administering the business rates retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) multipliers. As...
This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.
Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2025/26 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
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