Updates: Rating Manual section 5a: valuation of all property classes
2024
Updated with revised figures in Appendix 1
Skating rinks and skateboard parks
RM updated.
RM section updated.
Added Appendix 2.
Sports and leisure centres (private)
RM section updated.
Police stations and other police hereditaments
RM section updated.
Football and Rugby Football League Stadia
The content has been updated following a review.
Bus stations and park and rides
The RM content has been updated.
Appendix 1 has been removed after review.
The RM section has been updated.
The RM section and appendix have been updated.
Universities and university colleges
RM main section added.
The RM section has been updated.
Civil ceremony, wedding and function venues
The RM has been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
Tyre and exhaust centres, MOT centres and vehicle repair workshops and garages
Updates to the RM section.
Updated Rating Manual section.
The RM section has been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
The RM section has been updated
The RM section has been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
Local authority and other maintained schools
The RM section has been updated.
New section added.
The RM and inspection checklist have been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
The Scat code has been updated.
Caravans, caravan sites, parks and pitches
The RM section has been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
Garden centres and plant nurseries
Updated RM section.
Garden centres and plant nurseries
The RM and appendices have been updated.
The RM has been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
New section added.
The RM and appendix have been updated.
Riding schools and livery stables
The RM and appendix have been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
Tyre and exhaust centres, MOT centres and vehicle repair workshops and garages
Page title changed and minor typo corrected.
Updated RM section 1 and 8, corrected typos
The RM section has been updated.
The RM and appendix have been rewritten.
Storage land, lorry parks and scrapyards
The RM content has been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
The RM section and Appendix have been updated.
The RM section and Appendices have been updated.
The content has been updated.
Kennels, catteries and animal boarding
The content has been updated.
The content has been updated.
The content has been updated.
The RM section has been updated.
New section added.
Bus stations and park and rides
Section 4.1.2 in the Practice Note has been updated.
Appendix E has been updated.
Appendix A of the 2023 practice note has been updated.
Sports centres, tennis centres, swimming pools and leisure centres (local authoritiy)
Appendix A of the 2023 practice note has been updated.
The content has been updated.
Builders' merchants and Trade Warehouses
Minor changes to content.
The RM section has been added.
Village halls, church halls, scout huts etc and community centres
The content has been updated.
The section has been rewritten after review.
Kennels, catteries and animal boarding
The RM content and appendix have been updated.
2023
Jetties, Maritime and Inland Waterway Structures
New section added.
Tables in the appendices have been updated with relevant information.
The relevant tables have been added to Practice Note 2023.
Sections 1 to 9 of the guidance have been updated.
Land valuations for the contractor's basis
Duplicated content has been deleted.
Practice note 2017 fully updated. Minor text amendment and 'appendix A' updated in Practice note 2023.
Hospitals and healthcare: 2023 prectice notes
Hospitals and healthcare: 2023 prectice notes added.
Practice note 2023 has been updated.
Appendix for Practice Note 2023 has been added.
New section added.
Abbatoirs and slaughter houses (rental valuation)
Practice note 2023 added.
Advertising rights, advertising stations and land used for advertising
Practice note 2023 added.
Agricultural Showgrounds (National Scheme)
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Amusement parks and theme parks
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Banks/insurance/building society offices and other A2 uses
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
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Bus stations and park and rides
Practice note 2023 added.
Caravans, caravan sites, parks and pitches
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
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Civil ceremony, wedding and function venues
Practice Note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Conference and exhibition centres
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Day nurseries, nursery schools and other day care facilities for under fives
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Drive-to and drive-thru restaurants
Practice note 2023 added.
Electricity distribution networks
Practice note 2023 added.
Factories, workshops and warehouses
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Garden centres and plant nurseries
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Holiday accommodation (self-catering)
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice notes 2023 have been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Hostels, outdoor activity centres and religious retreats
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Kennels, catteries and animal boarding
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Land valuations for the contractor's basis
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
A sentence has been deleted in line with the latest changes. Practice note 2023 added. Practice note 2017 has been replaced with updated content.
Licensed sports, social and private members’ clubs
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Local authority and other maintained schools
Content has been edited based on changes to team roles and names. Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Motor racetracks and go kart rinks
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Motorway service areas, let outs and truckstops
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Non-statutory water undertakings
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Police stations and other police hereditaments
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Private and independent schools
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Public telephone and interactive kiosks (including AA/RAC kiosks)
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Regional out of town shopping centres and city centre shopping malls
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Riding schools and livery stables
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Skating rinks and skateboard parks
Practice notes 2023 have been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Sports centres, tennis centres, swimming pools and leisure centres (local authoritiy)
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Sports and leisure centres (private)
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice notes 2023 have been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Storage land, lorry parks and scrapyards
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Telecommunications fixed line networks
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Telecommunications masts and wireless transmission sites
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Telecommunications switching centres
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Theatres, concert halls and opera houses
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Timeshare complexes (national scheme)
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Training and conference centres
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Tyre and exhaust centres; vehicle repair workshops and garages
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Universities and university colleges
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Vehicle testing centres (without test tracks)
Practice note 2023 has been added,
Village halls, church halls, scout huts etc and community centres
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Section 1: AA and RAC hereditaments
Content no longer relevant
Section 370: educational hereditaments
Content no longer relevant.
The content on this page is no longer releveant.
The content on this page is no longer releveant.
Section 600: local authority occupations
The content on this page is no longer releveant.
Section 650: mechanised coal depots (coal concentration depots)
The content on this page is no longer releveant.
Abbatoirs and slaughter houses (rental valuation)
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 1 and 2 2023 added.
Advertising rights, advertising stations and land used for advertising
Practice note 2023 1,2 and 3 have been added.
Agricultural Showgrounds (National Scheme)
Practice note: 2023 was added.
Practice note: 2023 was added.
Practice note 2023 was added.
Amusement parks and theme parks
Practice note: 2023 was added.
Practice note 2023 was added.
Practice note 2023 was added.
Banks/insurance/building society offices and other A2 uses
Practice note 2023 was added
Practice note 2023 has been dded.
Practice note 2023 was added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
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Bus stations and park and rides
Practice note 2023 added.
Caravans, caravan sites, parks and pitches
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Kennels, catteries and animal boarding
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added and appendices updated.
Civil ceremony, wedding and function venues
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Licensed sports, social and private members’ clubs
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Conference and exhibition centres
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Day nurseries, nursery schools and other day care facilities for under fives
Practice note 2023 has been added and Appendices 1 and 2 have been updated.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Drive-to and drive-thru restaurants
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Electricity distribution networks
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Factories, workshops and warehouses
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 and new appendix have been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice notes 2023 have been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Garden centres and plant nurseries
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Village halls, church halls, scout huts etc and community centres
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Holiday accommodation (self-catering)
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Hostels, outdoor activity centres and religious retreats
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Change of items.
Motorway service areas, let outs and truckstops
Practice Note 2023 has been added.
Practice Note 2023 has been added.
Regional out of town shopping centres and city centre shopping malls
Added 2023 practice note.
Practice notes 2023 have been added.
Practice note 2023 added.
Riding schools and livery stables
Practice note 2023 added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Public telephone and interactive kiosks (including AA/RAC kiosks)
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Timeshare complexes (national scheme)
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Tyre and exhaust centres; vehicle repair workshops and garages
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Universities and university colleges
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Practice note 2023 has been added.
Land valuations for the contractor's basis
Practice note 2023 has been added.
2022
Section 625: public conveniences
Practice note 1: 2017 - public conveniences was added
Section 605: police stations and other police hereditaments
Details of responsible teams for section 605: police stations and other police hereditaments has changed.
Section 585: colleges of further education
Practice Note: 2017: Colleges of Further Education has been updated.
Section 605: police stations and other police hereditaments
Practice Note 1: 2017: Police stations has been updated.
Section 871: telecommunications fixed line networks
Section 871: telecommunications fixed line networks has been merged with Rating Manual Section 870: telecommunications cable networks (previously - cable TV systems) and Rating Manual Section 873: tertiary telecommunications networks.
Section 870: telecommunications cable networks (previously - cable TV systems)
Section 870: telecommunications cable networks (previously - cable TV systems) has been withdrawn due to a merge with Section 871: telecommunications fixed line networks.
Section 873: tertiary telecommunications networks
Section 873: tertiary telecommunications networks has been withdrawn due to merge with Section 871: telecommunications fixed line networks
Section 740: oil refineries has been updated.
Section 550a: large shops has been updated.
Section 872: telecommunications switching centres
Section 872: telecommunications switching centres has been updated.
Section 125: guest houses and bed and breakfast accommodation
Section 125: guest houses and bed and breakfast accommodation has been updated.
Practice Note 1: 2017: Local Authority Schools has been added.
Section 365: drive-to and drive-thru restaurants
Paragraph 3.3 and 3.4 removed from Rating Manual: Section 365 drive-to and drive-thru restaurants.
Section 820: public and other independent schools
Practice note: 2017 - public and independent schools updated.
2021
21 December 2021 - Amendments made to Section 435: garden centres.
Section 770: petrol filling stations
24 November 2021 - Amendments made to Section 770: petrol filling stations.
Section 175: builders merchants and Trade Warehouses
19 November 2021 - Amendments made to Section 175: Builders’ Merchants and Trade Warehouses
Section 965: sports and leisure centres (private)
Amendments made to Practice note 1: 2017 - Sports and leisure centres (Private).
Practice note: 2017 - Appendix 2 added
Section 710: motorway service areas, let outs and truckstops
Additional content added to Section 4 Valuation Scheme.
Section 380: factories, workshops and warehouses
Section 3 and 5.4 have been added to Large Distribution Warehouse practice note 2017.
Practice note 2017 has been updated.
2020
Section 715: museums and art galleries
Rewrite to the 2017 RM and PN.
Section 550b: non-traditional shops
This section is no longer required.
2019
Updated section slug from section-875-resturants to section-875-restaurants
2018
Section 520b: large food stores
Revised content
Section 580: livestock markets
Practice note 2017 has been revised.
Section 919: former telephone kiosks
New section added.
This section has been revised.
This section has been revised.
2017
The Rating Manual section has been re-written
Section 480: holiday accommodation (self-catering)
Appendix 5 has been removed from this section.
Section 1: AA and RAC hereditaments
Summary added
Section 5: abattoirs and slaughter houses
Summary added.
Section 10: administration of justice - hereditaments - courts
New section added.
Section 20: advertising rights, advertising stations and land used for advertising
New section added.
Section 40: agricultural showgrounds
New section added.
Section 50: aircraft works with airfields
New section added.
Section 65: ambulance stations
New section added.
Section 60: aluminium smelting works
New section added.
New section added.
Section 70: amusement parks and theme parks
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 80: artificial fibre works
New section added.
New section added.
Section 90: banks and insurance, estate agents and building society offices, etc
New section added.
Section 110: betting shops and offices
New section added.
Section 100: beet sugar factories
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 125: guest houses and bed & breakfast accommodation
New section added.
Section 137: bowling centres (indoors)
New section added.
New section added.
Section 145: brickworks and clay tileworks
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 160: bulk cement storage depots
New section added.
New section added.
Section 170: bullion / money stores
New section added.
Section 175: builders merchants
New section added.
Section 185: caravans, caravan sites, parks and pitches
New section added.
Section 181: bus stations and park and ride
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 190: car washes (standalone)
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 210: casinos and gambling clubs
New section added.
Section 215: animal boarding, kennels and catteries
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 255: civil ceremony, wedding and function venues
New section added.
Section 270: cooking and carbonisation plant
New section added.
Section 260: clubs and institutes
New section added.
Section 265: coastguard and coastwatch stations
New section added.
New section added.
Section 290: conference and exhibition centres
New section added.
New section added.
Section 285: concrete batching plants
New section added.
Section 310: cemeteries and burial grounds
New section added.
Section 300: contractors site huts
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 320: county cricket grounds
New section added.
Section 337: day nurseries, nursery schools and other day care facilities for under fives
New section added.
Section 335: equestrian cross-country courses
New section added.
New section added.
Section 340: district heating undertakings
New section added.
Section 350: docks and harbours
New section added.
Section 360: domestic fuel installations
New section added.
Section 365: drive-in and drive-thru restaurants
New section added.
Section 370: educational hereditaments
New section added.
Section 371: electricity distribution networks
New section added.
New section added.
Section 380: factories, workshops and warehouses
New section added.
Section 381: wholesale warehouses
New section added.
Section 382: factory outlet villages
New section added.
Section 390: film and TV studios
New section added.
Section 385: farm diversification
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 420: football and rugby football league stadia
New section added.
Section 400: floating hereditaments
New section added.
Section 410: flour and provender mills
New section added.
Section 431: Forestry Commission hereditaments and exemption
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 440: gas proessing plants
New section added.
New section added.
Section 455: golf driving ranges
New section added.
New section added.
Section 470: greyhound racetracks
New section added.
New section added.
Section 475: village halls, church halls, scout huts, etc and community centres
New section added.
Section 477: heritage railways
New section added.
Section 480: holiday accommodation (self-catering)
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 500: horse racecourses
New section added.
New section added.
Section 505: NHS hospitals and health care
New section added.
New section added.
Section 515: hostels, outdoor activity centres and religious retreats
New section added.
Section 520b: large food stores
New section added.
Section 520a: hypermarkets and superstores
New section added.
New section added.
Section 535: information / visitor centres
New section added.
Section 547: land used for storage, lorry parks and scrapyards
New section added.
Section 540: iron and steelworks
New section added.
New section added.
Section 550b: non-traditional shops
New section added.
New section added.
Section 585: colleges of further education
New section added.
Section 560: lifeboat stations - RNLI
New section added.
Section 580: livestock markets
New section added.
Section 600: local authority occupations
New section added.
New section added.
Section 595: town halls and civic centres
New section added.
Section 605: police stations and other police hereditaments
New section added.
Section 625: public conveniences
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 630: markets and market places (other than livestock markets)
New section added.
Section 628: public service brodcast screens
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 650: mechanised coal depots (coal concentration depots)
New section added.
Section 700: motor vehicle works
New section added.
Section 690: motor racetracks and go kart rinks
New section added.
Section 710: motorway service areas / major road service areas
New section added.
Section 720: night clubs and discotheques
New section added.
Section 715: museums and art galleries
New section added.
New section added.
Section 725: non-statutory water undertakings
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 745: onshore oil and gas fields
New section added.
Section 760: petrol and oil storage depots
New section added.
Section 770: petrol filling stations
New section added.
New section added.
Section 795: point-to-point race courses
New section added.
Section 780: pipes and pipelines
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 800: post office properties
New section added.
Section 820: public and other independent schools
New section added.
Section 815: newspaper printing works
New section added.
Section 825: public houses, licensed restaurants and wine bars
New section added.
New section added.
Section 840: hospitals and healthcare
New section added.
Section 860: telecommunication masts and other wireless transmission sites
New section added.
New section added.
Section 870: telecommunications cable networks (previously - cable TV systems)
New section added.
Section 871: telecommunications fibre optic networks
New section added.
Section 873: next generation access telecommunications networks (NGA)
New section added.
Section 872: telecommunications switching centres
New section added.
New section added.
Section 878: retail warehouses
New section added.
Section 885: residential training and conference centres
New section added.
Section 880: roadside restaurants
New section added.
Section 890: serviced apartments
New section added.
Section 900: sewage treatment works
New section added.
Section 905: self storage hereditaments
New section added.
Section 910: shipbuilding yards
New section added.
Section 911: ship repairing yards
New section added.
Section 920: shops and shopping centres
New section added.
Section 923: amusement arcades
New section added.
New section added.
Section 922: convenience stores
New section added.
Section 925: regional out of town shopping centres and city centre shopping malls
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 930: skating rinks and skateboard parks
New section added.
Section 945: snooker halls and clubs
New section added.
Section 950: the treatment of sporting rights
New section added.
Section 965: sports and leisure centres (private)
New section added.
Section 960: local authority sports centres, tennis centres, swimming pools and leisure centres
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 995: riding schools and livery stables
New section added.
New section added.
Section 1000: historic properties
New section added.
Section 996: racing stables / racing yards
New section added.
Section 1006: stables and loose boxes
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Section 1035: public telephone and interactive kiosks (including AA/RAC kiosks)
New section added.
New section added.
Section 1050: theatres, concert halls and opera houses
New section added.
Section 1080: totalisators on horse racecourses
New section added.
Section 1070: timeshare complexes and holiday property bond
New section added.
Section 1085: leisure attractions
New section added.
Section 1090: transport and commercial garages
New section added.
Section 1107: tyre and exhaust centres
New section added.
Section 1100: toll roads and bridges, including ferries
New section added.
Section 1110: universities and university colleges
New section added.
Section 1113: vehicle testing centres
New section added.
Section 1115: wafer fabrications
New section added.
Section 1119: worm farms and farm composting hereditaments
New section added.
Section 1118: water supply hereditaments
New section added.
Section 1120: sites of automatic machines
New section added.
Section 1130: Zoos and safari parks
New section added.
Section 1200: land valuations for the contractor's basis
New section added.