by appealmr | Sep 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Using a rating surveyor for a business rates appeal is worth it in 2026 when the case depends on valuation evidence, property changes, multiple sites or an unresolved dispute. It is usually unnecessary for an obvious factual error that you can document and correct...
by appealmr | Sep 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Genuine disrepair or active building work can bring your rateable value down, but the starting position in English and Welsh rating law is that every property is assumed to be in reasonable repair – so ordinary wear and tear, a leaking roof, or a broken heating...
by appealmr | Sep 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Working out which company actually occupies a unit before you ask the Valuation Office Agency to merge two rateable properties into one is the part that stalls most cases. Pull each occupier's Companies House filing history first, match it to the trading address...
by appealmr | Sep 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
If your lease doesn't require it, you don't have to tell your landlord before you appeal your business rates — liability for rates sits with the occupier, not the owner, under the standard rating rules that apply across England and Wales in 2026. Check your...
by appealmr | Sep 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
A new lease doesn't stop a backdated relief claim, but it doesn't reset the clock on a rating appeal either, and mixing the two up costs businesses money every year. TL;DRBusiness rates relief backdated on a new lease usually runs from your liability start...
by appealmr | Sep 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Switching business rates consultants mid-appeal is allowed at every stage of the process, and it happens more often than most ratepayers expect in 2026. Yes, you can switch business rates consultants during an appeal – the case itself doesn't belong to the...
