Annex Being Charged Seperately for Council Tax -Advice

lawyer2b_2

Hi all,

We have a small holding, which comprises of a farmhouse, land, three barns and a converted barn -'the cottage'.

The property is not split in any way on the deeds -i.e. all the above, including the cottage, are regarded as one property by HM Land Registry.

THE PROBLEM:
The cottage is being billed seperatey for council tax.

It seems very wrong indeed that it should be regarded as a seperate property for council tax purposes, yet is not so regarded on the deeds.

My Mum has always paid the seperate council tax charge without question; haing recently realised she was doing so, I am now trying to investigate whether or not this seperate council tax charge is in fact correct.

Any help, advice or thoughts on this issue would be greatfully received.

lawyer2b_2

Thanks for that -I had searched the net, but didn't come up with more than the 1992 statutory provision, so it really was very helpful indeed.

It confirmed what I thought might be the case, but has also given a glimmer of hope for a reduction; we can now argue that the banding is not appropriate and hopefully get the cottage reduced to Band A (the smallholding was band E and the cottage .