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Lower my council tax band due to new shop?
Cat2011
Posts: 481 Forumite
in Cutting tax
Hi,
I moved into a new build about a year ago. It is a row of 14 terraced houses. I unfortunately missed the 6 month window to contest my council tax. I am down as a band E, but believe I should be a D. A new mini-supermarket has now been built at the end of our road, closest to House 1. House 1 and 2 are banded as C, and are exactly the same as my house, all the others are E. Could I claim that the new shop has devalued my house, and that I should be a D, as the ones close to the shop are C?
I moved into a new build about a year ago. It is a row of 14 terraced houses. I unfortunately missed the 6 month window to contest my council tax. I am down as a band E, but believe I should be a D. A new mini-supermarket has now been built at the end of our road, closest to House 1. House 1 and 2 are banded as C, and are exactly the same as my house, all the others are E. Could I claim that the new shop has devalued my house, and that I should be a D, as the ones close to the shop are C?
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You can make a proposal on the grounds of physical change in the area and material reduction. More info on VOA website http://www.voa.gov.uk/If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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I'd be quite interested to hear the outcome Cat2011, I have lived in a terraced house in a reasonably quiet one way road for over 2 years and recently, a very popular restaurant opened up right in front of my house, add to that, a massive sainsburys is going to be built next to it. I'm so fed up with it that I cannot believe I'm paying £140 CT a month. I can't even park my car in my road, so ends up about 10 min walk away!0
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If similiar houses are a lower band you have a very good case for appealing your band. Go for it the worst they can do is say no.Iva started Dec 2018.0
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If the other houses are exactly the same are in the lower band then go for re-valuation.
The fact a shop has opened locally on the road has no bearing on the value for council tax.
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Houses similar to mine are band D, I am band B. I also pay business rates on part of my property, they do not0
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The fact a shop has opened locally on the road has no bearing on the value for council tax.
On the contrary, if a dwelling is next to or opposite a shop in a residential area, this could reduce its value and thus possibly the CT band. I'm ex VOA and saw several such requests for a lower band.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
michaelvintner wrote: »the worst they can do is say no.
The worst they can do is to increase the bands of the lower banded houses, as I did several times whilst at the VOA.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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